When I worked at Hope Chapel in Hermosa Beach California the pro football team named the Raiders had just moved to our area from Oakland. I used to play basketball with several of the team’s members...
The other students loved it. The teacher didn’t. And I was angry with the teacher–still am! I’d just delivered my first “real” sermon in a college class on preaching. Though I’d been teaching...
Earlier today a friend told me his church will soon “upgrade” from Zoom services to a pre-recorded service. In essence, he’s going to imitate larger churches which sport bigger budgets and greater...
If you’re planting a church, you do it in interesting times. In the words of an American prophet, “The times they are a changin’ ‘” Further he sang, “Keep your eyes wide open, the chance won’t come...
Just got off a Zoom chat with a church planting pastor. He’s facing opportunities (and hazards) he never dreamt of, even a year ago. The twin culture disruptors of COVID-19 and the move toward social...
Church planter? Disciplemaker? COVID-19 pastor? All three have much to learn from an ancient multiplication leader/driver. We tend to romanticize modernity. This social evolution paradigm mistakenly...
I am intrigued this week as my inbox has swelled with emails from every organization that has me on their distribution list. Each condemns racism and vows to evaluate their practices to ensure...