This past weekend, I met with my nephew (Paul) and his fiance (Sarah Beth). I get to deliver the homily/sermonette/marriage charge at their wedding in August. Doing weddings for family members is a job hazard in the ministry. Over the years, I’ve done weddings for my brother, my brother-in-law, and now my nephew. I guess Read the full article…
I attended a memorial service on Saturday. The father of someone in our church died, and I believe those are times a pastor gets to show someone in grief that the entire congregation is behind them. So I went as a worshipper but not the funeral leader that day. You can see my beliefs on Read the full article…
Confessions Of A Pastor comes to a close this Sunday. We had so much fun with it that we extended the series a week from its original design! OK, there were some other reasons as well. But of all series to extend, this seemed like the one. So my last confession has to do with Read the full article…
So we had our first Thrive Alive at the Rivergate Shopping Center this past Saturday. We have changed our Saturday Thrive worship service into an outreach event. We’re taking the band on the road to four different venues in the Steele Creek area this summer. Anyway, the debut was was even better than we expected. Read the full article…
One of my favorite people once said in a sermon, “Sarcasm is a spiritual gift and I have it.” I do, too. It’s been part of the way I talk and the way I laugh for years. I vividly remember a whole group of us in middle school who used “opposite talk” for everything. But Read the full article…
