Dan Crawford is an online friend, a seminary professor, and wise man. (Did I forget to mention he’s Baptist?) You’ll love this, or else it’ll irritate you, but either way I share it with his graciously expressed permission — The most dreaded sermon a minister ever preaches is likely one on money. Listeners don’t like…

Four reasons. What do you say? https://religionnews.com/2022/12/01/why-americans-are-leaving-their-churches/?fbclid=IwAR04yXhpkXm5olt8ILhTA0N3H2mcfxz5wIP-w4yRQkSpDrImYi1uLtEe9GQ

Open Matthew 25:14 & 15. You’re worth the effort. — Yours truly, right here Once upon a time I picked up a Carolyn Arends cd to use up a Starbucks gift card. With gratitude to the giver of that gift, and to Ms. Arends for this song, it’s my joy and delight to share her…

Thom Rainer, today —- We are now entering a new era beyond the post-pandemic phase. We are in a “post post” pandemic era. It is significantly different than the months after churches regathered in-person. Most church leaders and members, however, have not adjusted to the rapid pace of changes accelerated by the pandemic and its…

Find Matthew 25:24. It’ll be worth your effort. — Joe. John Schmid is a real life friend from my Asbury days who’s a full time singer and evangelist and I love him and his work. He recently wrote — In the early ‘70’s Jim and Jesse performed at Hiland High School in Berlin (Ohio) and…

Ed Rodarmel has graciously given me his permission to share this with you here —- For the sake of saving money, if you think so little of the office of pastor that ‘anyone could do that’, do not be surprised when you are given ‘anyone could do that’ sermons, and you are introduced to ‘anyone…

Pastoring is hard. The expectations that are put on us are often unreasonable. Especially the ones we put on ourselves. As a pastor, it’s so easy to see the mistakes we’re making. Then, when those mistakes are confirmed by church members, congregational leaders, denominational officials, and other pastors it can feel like nothing we ever…

I’m sharing this without attribution so as to keep the focus on what’s most significant — Here is a wonderful canon of hymns for the XXXXXX community, rich in sung theology and warm in the experiential call of the gospel. These hymns connect us with the worship of the church through the ages and throughout the…

A Mom perspective, from the Florida Fastpitch Forum — I sat behind these moms at my daughter’s volleyball game the other day that didn’t know who I was. While Victoria was playing, they persisted to comment on everything she did wrong and how with “that height” she should be doing a.b.c., why would the coach…

You would have loved June! Smiling, laughing, always upbeat…even though her life was anything but fun and games. She was the one who first told me about this Fork story. I was reminded of her when I read this version recently, by Lindsay Carter — Today someone asked about my fork tattoo (which most of…