It's Like Herding Cats

One of the people whose works and writings have profoundly affected my view of God, or of following Jesus, and who still inspire me is ...

One of the things we did when we went to New Orleans was to head to the levee to see the Mississippi River. Of course I had seen it from th...

We've had two back to back full weekends at New Hope. Last weekend it was Saturday in the Park. This weekend was the rain-cancelled Rel...

Today New Hope met to worship Almighty God and ordain Craig Bryan as a deacon. We kicked it off with Bob Dylan's "Got To Serve Some...

The folks in the picture gathered in 1915. Wonder how many are still in that class? Seriously. Does anyone ever reach the point that Sunday ...

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...

What if genuine faith begins with admitting we will never have our act completely together? Maybe messy disciples are exactly the kind of im...

If you look to the right, (if you can tear your eyes away from Canaan's picture) you'll see a badge for the "Red Letters Campai...

The admittedly satirical and mocking photoshop above reminded me of a rant I've been saving up. I know people sometimes don't really...

How do you reach people today who have no need for "church"? How do you get on their radar screen at all? You can do vibrant wors...

We finished Romans a couple of weeks ago on Wednesday nights. It was the latest in the Walk through the Bible plan that began over two years...

We had a meeting yesterday for about 30 minutes after church to talk about what to do with our youth. This is a smaller church and try as we...

"I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me." (Galatians 2:20) There, I found your problem. De...

The power of story. Jesus knew it and used it effectively to get people to remember what he said and apply it to life. Many times I've ...

The other night, my bride of 34 years having fallen asleep out of exhaustion before I was able to do all the locking up and turning off that...

"The Bible is there to enable God's people to be equipped to do God's work in God's world, not to give them an excuse to si...

If you've been reading the last few weeks you're probably aware that I have been seriously questioning the current discipleship mode...

The past few weeks, I've been engaged a a real struggle over how well we at New Hope are helping people become more like Jesus. I've...

I've been discussing this with my friends on a pastor's online forum all week. Thought I'd toss it over here and get some feedba...

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...