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Seth Godin has an excellent post on marketing in a recession. His point is this: When the mass psychology changes and times are seen as not so good, the story we tell ourselves changes as well. Now, we buy out of defense, to avoid trouble. Or we buy because something
Community
Outreach magazine has asked me to write a piece about great small church outreach ideas. Outreach's Jan/Feb issue premiered the section, "Small Church, Big Idea," featuring small church outreach ideas that worked. Here's where you come in: I need your ideas and your
Lectionary Yr A
This is the sermon I'm preaching tomorrow, January 27, 2008. The lectionary reading comes from Matthew 4:12-23, where Jesus calls Peter, Andrew, James and John, to follow him and he will make them "fishers of men." Have a great day tomorrow! Bless The WorldMatthew 4:
bless the world
This or this? In the Christian Year, Sunday February 3 is Transfiguration Sunday. In popular culture, February 3 is Super Bowl Sunday. On that Sunday, churches have two choices for the heading in their worship bulletins or on their video screens: 1. Super Bowl Sunday -or- 2. Transfiguration Sunday In
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Today history was made in Chatham, Virginia. At 3 PM, African-Americans and white Americans gathered to celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. together. Not many people will notice this historic event because only about 75 of us were present. But it happened, and as I
John
This is the sermon I'm preaching tomorrow. My apologies for posting so late in the week, but it's been an interesting week here. Maybe I'll tell you about it later. Until then, have a great day on Sunday!Invite OthersJohn 1:29-4229 The next
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Does your church have special plans to observe Martin Luther King Day on Monday, January 21, 2008? I wish I could tell you our church has observed MLK Day before, but that's not true. Like most white congregations, we just didn't mention it. We did close
Community
The ancient Celtic Christian abbeys produced beautiful illuminated manuscripts, the most notable being The Book of Kells. In his book, How the Irish Saved Civilization, Thomas Cahill credits Irish monasteries with rescuing ancient texts, recopying them, and then taking them back to Europe to replace the texts burned during the
Congregation
Now that we're 8 years into this millenium, here are the 3 things I think churches must do in this pluralistic, postmodern, post-christendom world -- 1. Tell the story. Read both the Old and New Testaments and the constant practice that emerges is that God's people