Like Moths to a Flame: How We Are Killing the Church

Church Unity for a Socail Media Generation

Quit Griping and Just Worship, Seriously

How the Government Views Your Church
How would you describe your church to your next-door neighbor?  How would you describe your church to that neighbor’s 6-year old daughter?  How would you describe your church to another pastor in your community?  How would you describe your church to the homeless person on the street?  HOPEFULLY, you answered each of these questions differently, because you cannot know how to describe your church appropriately unless you first know something about the person(s) to whom you are describing it.  Right? The audience matters.  While the pastor down the street may want to know something about your church’s theology, your neighbor’s 6-year old daughter

The Spiritual Gift of Blah, Blah, Blah
Tuesday Re-mix – This is a popular post from last year, updated and resubmitted for your consideration and comments. If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing. I Corinthians 13:1-3 You really cannot have a complete discussion about unity in the church without talking about Spir

Relevance v. Reverence: Can a Church Choose Both?
I have become all things to all men so that by all possible means I might save some. I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings. I Corinthians 9:22-23 We are not trying to please men but God, who tests our hearts. You know we never used flattery, nor did we put on a mask to cover up greed—God is our witness. We were not looking for praise from men, not from you or anyone else. I Thessalonians 2:4-6 Every once in a while, an athlete comes along who changes the way we think about a sport.  Deion Sanders did that.  Remember this commercial?

The Ultimate Power Source
Tuesday Re-mix – This is a popular post from last year, updated and resubmitted for your consideration and comments. I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. Ephesians 3:17b-19

Cultivate ‘09: The Power (and Responsibility) of Church Communication
This is the third in a series of posts about Cultivate ‘09, a one-day conversation held at Park Community Church in Chicago about church communication.  Born out of conversations among some  respected consultants in this field (Dawn Nicole Baldwin, Tim Schraeder, Kem Meyer, among others), Cultivate was the first of what I hope will be many similar gatherings. In my mind, there is an obvious connection between church unity (my calling) and church communication. Church unity is all about relationships.  Relationships, in turn, are all about communication.  You can do the logic from here. There is an element to church communications which is not s