“Someday you will read or hear that Billy Graham is dead. Don’t you believe a word of it. I shall be more alive than I am now. I will just have changed my address. I will have gone into the presence of God.” -Rev. Billy Graham I clearly remember my friends wheeling me in to…
The church today has become a gathering of consumers. Instead of following the instructions Paul gave the early church, we show up and expect The band to play our favorite songs the way we like them The pastor to preach a sermon that inspires us The people to greet us and make us fee welcome…
All you have to do is Google the term “Why I Left Church”. What you’ll find is pages of articles written by people who have left church, even notable people, and open letters to churches instructing them about reasons why people are walking out the door and never coming back. While it is true that…
There is a lot being written today about the sad state of the church. Almost weekly I see an article about how a church that has compromised its stand on God’s Word, about how the worship has become too concert-like and entertainment driven. I read about how the church is too soft on the gospel…
I used to enjoy reading the news and listening to political talk shows. Our political and justice systems are of great interest to me, as well as how politics shape and frame our daily lives as citizens, through voting, legislation, and our ability to influence those who represent us in Washington. But lately, this interest…
Do you choose a word each year? I love the idea of having a word to define and direct each year. I see it as a way to filter out all of the good that comes our way, so that we can focus on the best – on those things that match the one word…
