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Watch this short clip to see Ephesians 4:20-24 illustrated as yard work can teach us an important lesson about our faith. http://vimeo.com/100926439 Read more
Watch this short clip to see Ephesians 4:20-24 illustrated as yard work can teach us an important lesson about our faith. http://vimeo.com/100926439 Read more
I give online to my church twice a month, and I wish I could say giving online was for a more spiritual reason. Growing up in the church, I’ve always known what the Bible taught about giving a tithe (10% of your income, off the top, to the church), and there’s never been a time where I’ve really disagreed with it. It’s not my money, it’s God’s. I get that. God’s trying to break the power of greed in my life. I... Read more
Maybe you did it Sunday. Woke up, got the kids looking decent, scrambled out the door a little late, snuck into the church service a few songs into it, but at least you didn’t miss the main part (the sermon). Maybe you stay for the last song, maybe you sneak out early to beat the traffic (or just to avoid another awkward conversation with “Sister Betty”). In and out. Smooth. Clean. Hazardous to your health. I would make the argument... Read more
Small things can make a big difference. If you want this week to be a little (or a lot) different than last week, here are some small things that could have a big impact on your week. 1). Set your alarm (or set your alarm 30 minutes earlier). If your morning is a frantic last-minute race to get out of the house to get to work, or if you have the mornings off and like to see how long you... Read more
If you’re unable to attend Mt Vernon Church on Sundays, here’s the latest sermon from our series on Ephesians. https://vimeo.com/100260905 Read more
Learning never takes a break! Here are five articles (plus a bonus video) to keep you learning through the weekend. Is There a Pause Button for Parenting? – My thoughts exactly! Six Things You Can Do To Improve Your Marriage – Always helpful words from Perry Noble. An Acts 17 Moment: What Burger King Has Right About LGBT People – Great perspective for those with ears to hear. 10 Keys to Being a Great Employee – We could all benefit from this!... Read more
Much of ministry (like any profession) is filled with repetition. I preach every week, only the subject changes. I minister to people every week, just the faces change. But today I’m doing something I’ve never done before in ministry, and I’m a boiling mixture of nervousness and anticipation, excitement and fear. Today I’m spending all day with six of my staff in one meeting with one goal: to rip apart my sermons for the upcoming year and make them better. It’s... Read more
The video below is our fourth installment Mt Vernon’s verse-by-verse series through the book of Ephesians. Enjoy! https://vimeo.com/100257001 Read more
Okay so the title was a bit of a tease, but at least you’re reading. Here’s my beef with seminaries today (I understand most of you reading this aren’t preachers, so we’ll chalk up this blog post to #PreacherProblems). The overwhelming way they are training new pastors to preach is verse-by-verse. (This approach preaches through an entire book of the Bible verse-by-verse, then picks another one and preaches through that. This style is in contrast with ‘topical,’ where preachers take a... Read more
Monday came too soon. That glorious weekend, full of laughter, replete with memories, chocked full of leisure. But now it’s Monday, splashing you with the cold water of reality. Now it’s back to work. Back to the grind. Back to the real world. If you’re like me, the temptation is to be dragged into Monday kicking and screaming, already looking forward to the next weekend, the next getaway, the next opportunity to relax and do nothing. Today may be nothing... Read more
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