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
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
Sermons
I just posted When Jesus Invites Himself To Your House for Dinner, my sermon for this Sunday, November4, 2007. It's taken from the lectionary gospel reading, Luke 19:1-10, the story of Zacchaeus. It's a great story, and I learned something about sycamore trees I didn&
Lectionary Yr C
When Jesus Invites Himself To Your House for Dinner (mp3) Luke 19:1-10 1 Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. 2 A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. 3 He wanted to see who Jesus was, but being
Congregation
I am a Baptist. Each Sunday I preach from the texts of the revised common lectionary. What's wrong with this picture? These are not contradictory statements, believe it or not. Although I come from a free church, and not a liturgical tradition, I choose my preaching text each
Congregation
Here's some of the conversation around the blogosphere this week about doing church -- Thanks to Emergent Village for putting me onto Nate Bettger's post about "'Doing Church' like everyone else..." Here's a sample: weekly gathering Over at God'
Community
The NY Times carried a story today of a United Methodist Church struggling with how to maintain its stand against the death penalty, while mourning the murder of three of its members -- a mother and her two teenage daughters. Members expressed concern that their previously unquestioned opposition to the
Sermons
I've just posted my sermon for Sunday, October 28, 2007. The title is Faith Puts You in Your Place and the lectionary text is the story of the Pharisee and the tax collector from Luke 18:9-14. Have a great day Sunday!