Lectionary Yr C
An Opportunity To Testify Luke 21:5-19 NRSV 5 When some were speaking about the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and gifts dedicated to God, he said, 6‘As for these things that you see, the days will come when not one stone will be left upon
Resources
I write three blogs, and now four. "How does he find the time?" you might ask. Doesn't actually take that much time because these are things I'd be interested in even if I didn't write about them. For me blogs are a
economics
You have got to see this slideshow from PSFK, a trend watching company out of the UK. They nail some of the emerging trends in the consumer world, which has big implications for church. Piers Fawkes identifies these five trends changing the consumer world: 1. Good food. Healthier, fewer ingredients,
Community
I've added a new category to this blog -- Pastoral Care. In small churches, pastoral care becomes a primary and expected ministry of the pastor. Here's the first post. __________________________________________________ I ran across this definition of pastoral care recently -- pastoral care noun If you're
Resources
I like to think they saved the best for last. My seminar, Small Church, Big Impact: Creating Missional Partnerships in Your Community was the last seminar of the day today. We had a room full of small church folks who were interested in the story of what God is doing
Sermon Illustrations
If you're looking for some sermon ideas, here's my sermon archives on our church website (which is about to be overhauled completely). I'm still at the National Outreach Convention in San Diego. If you have never attended NOC, you need to put it on
Congregation
Ren, me and Gerardo at NOC07 I met a couple of great pastors yesterday at our small church affinity group meeting. Ren and Gerardo are both pastors of churches a couple of hours from San Diego. Both face the challenges of transitioning their growing small churches into the next level
Resources
I'm at NOC07 and we kicked off tonight with the Charlie Hall Band and Miles McPherson of The Rock Church here in San Diego. About 2500 people are here, the exhibit hall is full of great resources, and I'm going to post each day some of
Congregation
Today's spiritual earthquake Several years ago, I was in Taiwan on business. About 2 o'clock in the morning, I gradually awoke to the sound of the bathroom door repeatedly slamming into the wall. The bed was shaking, too. As the fog of sleep cleared from my
Community
Debbie and I leave tomorrow for San Diego and Outreach, Inc.'s National Outreach Convention 2007 (NOC07). I'll be leading the workshop, Small Church, Big Impact: Creating Missional Partnerships in Your Community on Friday afternoon. I'm also the facilitator for the Small Church Outreach affinity
Congregation
Last week I posted my thoughts about Preaching from the Lectionary. I ended that article by saying that not only did this Baptist preacher take his text from the revised common lectionary, but I also preached in a robe. Well, the robe-thing apparently intrigued a couple of readers who asked
Lectionary Yr C
(I am not preaching this Sunday, Nov 11, 2007, because Debbie and I will be returning from the National Outreach Convention in San Diego where I'm leading a couple of workshops. Here's a sermon I preached earlier this year on August 12, 2007. This is not