The longer I serve in church leadership, the more I realize that churches need to ask themselves this question: “what do we do well?” By the same token, they need to ask this one: “what do we not do well?” It’s interesting: in deciding what you do well, you are often making a decision to Read the full article…
With the World Series starting tonight, it seems like an appropriate time to share some Fall Classic memories. Baseball has never been my top spectator sport — it falls somewhere behind tennis and somewhere ahead of sumo wrestling — so the memories are not abundant. But these moments were powerful. My first is from the Read the full article…
So we sang How Great Thou Art on Sunday. It was terrific. Even in a modern church, if you want to get everyone singing, just pull out one of the classics and it happens. But the software system we use to project the words onto the screen now lists the songwriter(s)and copyright date of each Read the full article…
So what was the best part of yesterday? Was it getting to preach from the middle of a boxing ring again? That was good, but not the best. Was it being led in praise and worship by the band, choir, and brass sections of the Good Shepherd music ministry? That was good, but not the Read the full article…
Here’s what Wikidepia says about a Standing Eight Count: A standing eight count, also known as a protection count, is a boxing judgment call made by a referee during a bout. When invoked, the referee stops the action and counts to eight. A boxer can take 3 standing eight counts in a round. During that Read the full article…
