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Angels

A Great Book for Mother's Day

Mother's Day will be here before you know it -- May 9, to be exact. I've got the perfect gift for you to give away at church, or for that special mother in your own life. My author friend, Joan Wester Anderson, has written a delightful

Creativity

Would You Use This Easter Billboard?

St. Matthew In The City Church in Auckland, New Zealand is an Anglican congregation which uses some edgy advertising to get the largely unchurched Auckland population to think. This Easter, St. Matthew's put up this billboard explaining that in the Orthodox tradition there is a practice of humor

humor

Vote for this blog during SBC Blog Madness

Update: Well, we didn't make the cut, but thanks for those of you who voted. It was, as they say, an honor to be nominated. Over at SBC Voices, the annual "SBC Blog Madness" coincides every year with basketball's March Madness. You have the

Culture

Secret to Stopping Gun Violence - Designer Handbags

A retired Danville policeman got a bang out of his dinner this week. Apparently the ex-officer, John William Martin, 73, had stuck his pistol in the waistband of his pants before chowing down at a local seafood restaurant here. When he stood up, the gun discharged, shooting a bullet into

church

All Search Committees are Liars, But Not Intentionally

If you have ever dealt with a pastor or staff search committee, you perhaps noticed a significant gap in what the committee told you during the search process, and the reality at the church once you arrived. This is known as Search Committee Syndrome -- the tendency for search committees

humor

And this is why we're in the shape we're in

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Culture

The Dangers of Recorded Music at a Funeral

The Wizard of Oz is on tonight for the gazillionth time, and it reminded me of a funny story I heard a couple of years ago. We were in Nashville for a sad occasion -- the funeral of a family member. Debbie was responsible for the arrangements, and we got

humor

The 12 Days of A Small-Church Pastor's Christmas

With apologies to whomever wrote the original. On the first day of Christmas my ministry assistant gave to me, one cup of coffee, and a broken chrismon off the chrismon tree. On the second day of Christmas my VBS director gave to me, two nice craft projects, her resignation, and

Sermon Illustrations

Thanksgiving message

I just posted a Thanksgiving message that I'll preach tonight at our community Thanksgiving service. Titled Smile, It's Thanksgiving! it's a brief message based on Philippians 4:4-9 where Paul encourages us to "rejoice always." I hope your Thanksgiving is a wonderful