Painfully Hopeful

Caught in the middle…

I was invited to a prayer breakfast this morning by a friend who happens to pastor the local Lutheran Church here in town. He’s been hoping for years to see people of faith have an impact “on the ground” in our aging small towns and suburbs and has become part of a coalition in New…

5 Great Reasons to Give to a Church

A couple of days ago I listed five terrible reasons to give to a Church. Like I said in the post, they aren’t things I typically hear around Central that much any more. I have heard them at Central on occasion, and at every other Church I’ve ever been part of. It’s a terrible shame,…

5 worst reasons to give to a local church

I have heard, or seen in action, each of these bad reasons for giving in my time as a Christian, and every time I have head one of them I’m cringed inwardly. I still do here these at Central occasionally, but over the six years I’ve been here they’ve become rarer and rarer. So much…

Why Wii™ Bowling?

As soon as I played Wii™ Bowling for the first time I thought, “We absolutely need to have a Church league.” So we had one last year and it was quite successful. So successful, as a matter of fact that the league has nearly doubled in size and now has two divisions in it’s second…

Facing the Wind – Introduction

Below is a rough draft of my introduction to the devotional study I’m writing on the Holy Spirit, entitled Facing the Wind. I share it with you, my readers, for two reasons. First, to spark interest among the folks from Central Baptist who will be going through the study at some point in the coming…

A Moving Adventure

On Saturday Central witnessed the great pew migration of 2009. Our herd had to be moved to other grazing areas so we can prep the floor to get some new carpet. Here’s a video of the process. Great job gang.