Whether we like it or not, there is much about the life of a local church that moves according to the public school calendar. We kick into high gear in late August and we’re ready to lay back and take it easy by the end of May. I’d sit here and rail against that trend, [...]
Archive for April, 2007
A Kitten Up a Tree
Posted in Christianity, Religion, church on April 26, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Walking Away from the Bush
Posted in Christianity, Jesus, Ministry, Religion, Theology, church on April 25, 2007 | 2 Comments »
The older I get and the more leadership experience I gain, the more I come to believe that the dividing line between leadership that leads somehwere and leadership that goes nowhere is the leader’s personal willingness and his/her trust in God when it comes to taking risks. Granted, there are other factors, but this one seems – [...]
My Hands in the Earth!
Posted in Christianity, Family, Life, Ministry, Religion, church on April 22, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Its Sunday afternoon as I write. It has been a full day. Up early to complete work on a sermon, worshiped twice, preached the sermon twice, called on a bereaving family, prepared for our cell group meeting tonight, mopped the floor and vacuumed a couple of rooms. By the time our cell group meeting ends, [...]
Silence and Virginia Tech
Posted in Culture, Life, News, Politics, Religion on April 20, 2007 | 3 Comments »
My aunt (who I have not spoken to) works in administration at Virginia Tech. I grew up about 40 minutes away from Tech and grew up going to games all the time. Thus, the events of this week have been close to my heart.
It seems to me that there may be times when tragedy strikes [...]
Is Desiring Life Such a Bad Thing?
Posted in Christianity, Family, Jesus, Life, Ministry, Religion, church on April 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
My grandmother died in January. She had just turned 77 years old about a week and half before she passed away. A large anneurism (sp?) was found on her upper aorta. Repairing the problem required two surgeries. The anneurism was so large and the surgery so intense that my Meemaw suffered severe brain trauma and [...]
More than a Nay-Sayer
Posted in Christianity, Jesus, Ministry, Religion, Theology, church on April 18, 2007 | 3 Comments »
I want to clear up any potential misunderstandings that may have been created by yesterday’s post. I am not a “church-basher”!
On the contrary, I love the church with all of her warts and faults. There are many people who are giving up on the church and perhaps they have good cause to do so, but [...]
Is Following Jesus about more than a “Fixer-Upper”?
Posted in Christianity, Jesus, Ministry, Religion, Theology, church on April 17, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Two questions over the last two months have prompted me to do some thinking. The first was asked of me at a lunch colloquium at the college in the town where I pastor. I had been asked to speak on a topic of interest to me, so I chose the changing face of the evangelical [...]
Jesus and the Popularity Contest
Posted in Christianity, Jesus, Ministry, Religion, Theology, church on April 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
You may have - or may not have noticed – that I have added a page. I called it, “Don’t Judge These Books by their Covers”. It’s basically a list of the books that are circulating around the tables at my house that I am making my way through. I am a slow reader, so the [...]
Wafflers
Posted in Christianity, Ministry, Religion, church on April 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The title of today’s post is not a type-o. And I’m not talking about what I had for breakfast this morning. Don’t get me wrong, I do like waffles, but I had cheerios this morning . . . At any rate . . .
Waffling is something we often criticize politicians for doing. I saw an interview [...]
Only for the Smart-Enough
Posted in Christianity, Life, Ministry, Religion, Theology, church on April 11, 2007 | 6 Comments »
In some of my conversations with bloggers who are atheists or agnostics, I have been accused of being irrational or unintelligent. Recently, I was even called fanatical for even having a faith.
Some of these other bloggers are significantly more well-versed than I am in philosophy and in science. There have been times when I have [...]
