I recently attended an “Understanding Racism” workshop and will be posting some related material soon. With the sensitivity of the subject, I want to make sure I have my thoughts in order before posting. In the meantime, (be brave…) please share your opinion in the comment section (not on Facebook for this one). I’d like […]
The Unrealistic Expectations We Put On Pastors
I’m re-reading my favorite book on ministry leadership, Leading With A Limp by Dan Allender. The section below coincides with what I’ve been feeling more and more the larger our church grows, and the more difficult my job as “leader” becomes. The larger the organization, the more complexity, which means more problems. The larger the […]
God Didn’t Go Anywhere, We Just Paved Over Him
The typical knock on religion in secular, academic circles is that it was something primitive cultures came up with to explain the natural phenomena around them. They didn’t have science, so they conjured up an idea of “god” (typically “gods”) to explain the unexplainable. With our modern day technological and scientific discoveries, we can now […]
There is No Spoon: Learning to Follow Jesus from The Matrix
I just rewatched The Matrix (VHS version!) a few nights ago. It’s hard to believe this movie came out in 1999, yet another reminder that I am getting old. I had been thinking about the concept of the movie recently and how it relates to my walk with Jesus within the world we live in. […]
What Happens When We Get Grace & Works Backwards…
Is Jesus leading us to do our good works, or are we attempting to lead Jesus by our good works? Is Jesus’ power what is drawing people to God, or is it our attempts to convince people Jesus is powerful? Are we trying to get people to follow Jesus, or to follow our methods of […]
The Message of the Gospel: You Don’t Need to Improve
I remember hearing an interview with Derek Webb several years back where he was talking about grace and what the Gospel actually is. He said something to the effect of, “We can’t make God love us any more or any less that He already does.” When I first heard this, at that point in my […]