Worship

   I guess people could argue that this should read, “It’s about being changed for service,” but I don’t agree.  All service (both in and out of “church”) is worship, and as we serve we’re supposed to look more like Christ. In a culture where worship  is often rated according to, “What I like,” I…

Feeding

If we want to make this super-spiritual I guess we could say that this poster secretly means, “If you feed them the word of God, they will come.” I love preaching and teaching the Bible, but that’s not what I mean in this poster. It seems in this world people are looking for a place…

Google Worthy

The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult and left untried. –G.K. Chesterton This is a quote I often hear repeated by people trying to spur the Church to live out it’s mission.  The “Christian ideal” is not a “free ticket to heaven” for after we die.  The…

Incarnational Ministry

I was on vacation this week, but had this short video meditation prepared for worship on January 1.  Hope you enjoy!      

2011 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 8,000 times in 2011. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take about 7 trips to carry that many people. Click here to…

Motivation

We’re all supposed to be signs of present hope. Too often we forget this truth and use the light given to us in order to zap people in submission.