It's Like Herding Cats

Haven't written a sermon out in a long time. Here's what I'm aiming at today. Since I don't use notes, it may wind up being ...

Yesterday I wrote about how even though we have seen God work in awesome ways this summer, that there are areas of "needs improvement...

The world's changes rush in and by us so fast. The "latest and greatest" comes in and falls out of fashion that you can easily...

Go here , and read this and DO something!

We all have a life that we’re rather attached to, with people, places, things, and activities that we are comfortable with. My life may not...

There will be no pastors, elders, or deacons in heaven; they are a temporary necessity but disciples will last forever. Disciples are both p...

In a few minutes, the church buildings will spring to life. Earlier in the day, the home schooler network had packed the classrooms with kid...

There's a list of seven things “they (unchurched postmoderns)wish church were like,” in Dan Kimball's book, "They Like Jesus B...

So... What's the best activity tied to church to help people grow to love Jesus and learn to live for Him? What's the minimum requir...

We've made so many transitions at New Hope over the last few years. From buttoned up to dressed down, from hierarchy to congregational l...

How To Kill A Movement - by Sam Metcalf 1. Require education for the leadership 2. Demand conformity of methodology 3. Refuse to provide adm...

As a baseline of how I've changed over the years, here's a sermon from 1998. I was working full time, and filling the pulpit at a sm...

I'm preaching today hoping to dispel the myth that the church isn't necessary. In these days that's not a slam dunk like it used...

The Church has become like a group of people in the waiting lounge of an airport...They’ve bought their ticket and they’re waiting for their...

"I see dead people." Scary, that. But the prospect that in our efforts to reach people that we may go too far in accommodating the...

There are so many people I love, who don't love Jesus. They range from folks I admire from afar who may be standouts in their field of w...

Again and again over the last few weeks, God has shown me how little impact the church has on the culture. First it was Good Friday, when we...

Ever feel like no one knows your church exists? Here a list of things that one person sees as ways for churches to stay invisible. HT Church...

"What was church about today?" My friend Arnold Hendrix and I have had this conversation a number of times. How many messages can ...

It's Sunday night. It's raining outside pretty steadily. Here at the laptop I can chose to listen to the rain hitting the fireplace ...