My church is not: its building its meetings its prayer its worship its teaching its reputation its leaders its plans its history its future… … and I get very tired of fighting off everyone and everything that would make me believe this. Read more
Last week I did something that I had refused to do for years and years. Ever since I entered the ministry I never wanted to know how much people were giving. I was afraid that it would affect the way I thought of them and treated them. I’m just being honest. I didn’t trust that I wouldn’t get frustrated with those who didn’t give much or nothing, and appreciate those who did. Especially when the church might be going through... Read more
I recently read Time Magazine’s Person of the Year issue for 2007… the articles on Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia. The more I read the more parallels popped out at me between what Putin is doing in or for Russia and the modern-day church. Here’s the tension: Putin is getting Russia back on the map as a world-player. Wealth is increasing, poverty decreasing, their national debt of 2 billion has been paid off, and on and on. It is... Read more
I haven’t posted anything the last couple of days except my cartoons. I’m sorry. Sometimes I just have no control over my schedule. Well, maybe what I mean to say is that I wish to have no control over it. The way I experience pastoral ministry is feast or famine. Some days I could shoot a tractor through the middle of my life and not hit anyone. Sometimes I enjoy those days, other times I get lonely. Then there are... Read more
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