Archive for May, 2011
NOTE: This is an open letter to pastors in our denomination who are over 50. At some point it will be used publicly. At this point, I’ll post it on my blog and look for your feedback! Thanks. Dear Pastors and Leaders, For a few years now, we have had […]
Read More...So according to some, the rapture and the start of the great tribulation was supposed to take place today. Media outlets all over are having fun reporting the misfire. Atheists are celebrating and mocking. And many Christians are joining in. I have some concerns about this. First, understand that I […]
Read More...In a couple of weeks at the Foursquare Church’s annual convention, I’ll help present information about Mobilizing Our People for Ministry and Mission. I think this is pretty important stuff, so I’m excited to be a part of the conversation. Here is part of what I’m going to say: Pastors and […]
Read More...Easter is history. Mother’s day has come and gone. Graduation weekend for the College our church meets at is over, which means we have about 30 less people with us when we gather. This is what I call the in-between time. When September comes we’re back in full-swing. More people, […]
Read More...I recently received an email from one of the College students at our church asking about speaking in tongues. As a Pentecostal Church, the gift of tongues is something we believe in and practice, but I’ve found that younger Pentecostals often struggle with this issue, as many of them have […]
Read More...In a couple of weeks at the Foursquare Church’s annual convention, I get to help present information about Mobilizing Our People for Ministry and Mission. I think this is pretty important stuff, so I’m excited to be a part of the conversation. Here is part of what I’m going to say: […]
Read More...In a few weeks at the Foursquare Church’s annual convention, I get to help present a seminar on the topic of Mobilizing Our People for Ministry and Mission. I think this is a pretty important topic (if you read the rest of my blog posts, you can tell), so I’m […]
Read More...“Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.” -Bonhoeffer Last night President Obama announced that the United States found and killed Usama Bin Laden. The frenzy on twitter and Facebook was unprecedented. As one friend tweeted: “Osama is dead & by the looks of it he’ll take […]
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