Holiness Reeducation

What has the recession taught churches that evidently scripture couldn’t? There is an interesting article today about the way the recession has deeply impacted religious institutions in our country. Churches, schools, synagogues, all of us have been hit hard over the past two years. So what has this world wide economic collapse taught us? Well [...]

When Church Smells Delicious Yesterday was the first time we gathered as a church for a meal in our building. Previously, while we worshiped in the school, we used a gathering space at the library service center for our meals. It was so much nicer keeping it in house. Worshiping with the smells of home [...]

When did the cross become creepy or appropriate as a Halloween decoration?

Our church is going through a lengthy visioning process right now and so much of my time is consumed with praying for and thinking about the unique calling God has for DCC. We clearly believe that all churches are called to glorify God and to make disciples, but the questions we are wrestling with all [...]

The ramblings are coming fast and furious today, so let’s get it on… Sorry to hear about Patrick Swayze’s death last week. My top five so bad you have to love them Swayze films are… (in descending orders of bad/watchable ratio) 5. Ghost, 4. Red Dawn, 3. Dirty Dancing, 2. Point Break, 1. Roadhouse I [...]

There have been a number of really good worship albums to come out in the last year and I want to highlight some of my favorites over the next couple of weeks. Today I give you Carl Cartee and his album Everything You Do. Carl was new to me and came through a recommendation of [...]

The best way for us to celebrate our freedom as Americans is often through silence instead of speaking. Nothing defines America more than our right to free speech. We have an ingrained sense of entitlement when it comes to speech. This is one of the most beautiful things about our country. Certainly there are limits [...]

I am tired this morning, but with that satisfied I really needed that kind of big weekend feeling. It was an amazing weekend with friends, Bono, the NFL starting, great worship and too many trips into the city. But I have had enough caffeine now to actually start blogging, so here are the ramblings. Finding [...]

Picking up your cross and following Jesus just got a lot easier….

Maybe I should find a Big Ten Team College football kicked off in all its glory this weekend and life is better for it. Great story lines from the return of ND and Michigan to Division I football, to BYU’s big upset and Oklahoma’s title dreams slipping, to Navy almost shocking THE ohio state university [...]