Not your normal Father’s Day
Growing up as a preacher’s kid, I never understood Lionel Richie’s song, “Easy Like Sunday Morning.” Sunday mornings were early and chaotic at our house! It seems like…
The Spirit of the Lord is upon us!
The spirit of a church is hard to truly measure. It is subjective and intuitive to make determinations about how a community of believers are responding to God's movement. Through the years as a consultant, I have…
The strength of community
As we prepare for fall after our weirdly delayed summer, our dear friends in Honduras have at least another month of their rainy and hurricane season! As you may have seen in church a few Sundays ago…
There is neither…
It was a beautiful evening. We were all seated on a dimly lit patio surrounded by the sounds of…
AHA moments
There are rare moments when eyes light up, lightbulbs turn on, and audible ooohhhhs are heard that let everyone know, “I get it now.”
Stay on mission
This past Sunday, we talked about what it means to give our hands to Jesus. Jesus wants our hearts, he wants our minds, but he also wants our hands: we are called to actually do good as Christians.
Above and beyond
Last week, we honored the brave men and women who serve and have served in the armed forces. Throughout our history, they have protected the values and liberties of this great country.