Holiness Reeducation

My Jesus Year Well today is my birthday and I turn 33. I have joked with several pastor friends that I am starting my Jesus year. Jesus was about 33 in his last year of ministry, so there are big expectations for this year. Seriously though, my 20′s are so gone. They are so distant […]

This year Doma, the wonderful ministry I am serving on the board for, has a Christmas catalog that offers you the opportunity to buy some gifts that can really change lives.Visit Doma’s website to find a way to give back. You can help at risk mom’s get the shelter and medical they deserve, you can […]

For the past week or two, through out conversation about bridging the gap between emergents and traditionalists there has been a lot of talk of understanding orthodoxy. Orthodoxy is simply right belief. We are orthodox in the church if we believe the right things. The question of course is what are the right things and […]

If you are reading this the rapture has already taken place and you were left behind! Are you surprised? I’m not, I always wondered if your faith was real. That is why I built a, post this in case of the rapture, feature into my blog. So I am out of here, enjoy the tribulation. […]

In an effort to bridge the gap between emergents and traditionalists, Jim Belcher offers a third way that while addressing many of the important questions of the emerging church still reaffirms the orthodox beliefs of our faith and allows us to celebrate our unity and benefit from our diversity instead of splintering ourselves into a […]

Is there something about being a Christian that makes us believe the worst about each other?   That seems to be an antithetical description of what it means to be a Christian but our behavior makes it appear to be a naturally occurring Christian characteristic. The more I participate in dialogs between those engaging with […]

Last night John Allen Muhammad, the murderous sniper who held the Washington D.C. area hostage in a state of terror in 2002 was executed in the state of Virginia. What should we feel at the moment of Muhammad’s execution? Should we feel relieved? Satisfied? Like justice was served? Sad? Angry? Unsatisfied? There probably isn’t an […]

Irish Jesus Fail I love nativity sets, I have a collection of them. They make me happy. This one just made me laugh. Did you know that Jesus and his parents were Irish? I am just going by the hair color.                             […]

David Fitch has a great post on the idea of how moving from an attractional church to a missional church. He suggests that one of the most difficult aspects is that when we shift from bringing others in to our church we give up the power inherent in doing so. We maintain power over outsiders […]

In the midst of our visioning process, we have now reached the stage where we are affirming our values as a church. This is truly one of the things that sets churches apart from each other. I think if you go to a church you will clearly and quickly find out the things that they […]