Holiness Reeducation

Yesterday we started a new series at DCC called I am Duneland Community Church. We are preaching through our values as  a church so that we can understand better what it means to be the church not just go to church. As part of that series we are having a video testimony each week reflecting […]

A five minute look at the idea of spiritual fruitfulness and Psalm 1.  

In a couple of hours the proud ladies of the Stingers softball team will hit the field for a scrimmage. Saturday we unleash the fury of our ten 7-10 year old girls upon the world. I find myself at the helm of this great occasion, charged with leading a rag tag bunch of elementary aged […]

I am starting a new blog series that are 5 minute sermons. This one comes from a reflection on Luke 24:13-34 the Road to Emmaus.

As evidenced by my post last week about paper cuts, I have been spending a lot of time lately thinking about the quirks of life as a pastor. I don’t want anyone to think that I am feeling down about my job and calling. It is quite the contrary. I have never been more passionate […]

There is a great article by Kevin Ulmet, pastor of Nashville First Church of the Nazarene that appears in Holiness Today. I highly recommend all my Nazarene brothers and sisters give it a read.Here is a brief excerpt. I have been in Nazarene ministry now for 30 years; I wouldn’t change a thing if I […]

I have often described pastoring as the slow process of dying the death of a thousand paper cuts. (This idea is not original to me, but I can’t remember where I heard it first. I am thinking maybe it was Rob Bell) Being a pastor requires you to handle quite a bit of conflict and […]

Thanks to Scot McKnight for highlighting this great video from Dr. Ben Witherington III on the role of women. If I only had 7 minutes to talk to someone on the subject, I hope it would sound a lot like this. I would also love to be able to do it in a British accent […]

A People of the Cross and the Tomb Some of us believe in the power of the crucifixion without believing in the power of the resurrection. Oh most of us wouldn’t say that. Nor have I read any doctrinal statements that support that belief. The way we live our lives, however, shows this to be […]

What does the culture and church in Europe have to teach us about the North American church? That is one of the primary questions that I went into our European expedition asking. It is a question I have been pondering for some time. When we began to talk to people about this trip, I kept […]