Holy Week is soon upon us, and with it will come the cacophony of voices crying, “It’s only a tradition!” This is, ironically, the tradition response if the non-traditional Christian the the idea of Holy Week. It used to bother me, as most if the Evangelical circles I walked in mocked the idea of a…
Tag: Church
The Officeless Office
Imagine a scenario unfolding as you watch. Â In many ways, it’s familiar. Â A church receives a phone-call which is fielded by the secretary, the secretary determines that the call is relevant for the pastor and asks if he or she is free to take the call, after determining that the pastor is able to take…
On the phone, and other archaic communications technology
I really dislike the phone. Â It’s annoying, intrusive, and demands my attention by an annoying clanging (or, worse, a digital rendition of clanging). Â For a while in the 1990’s I found a use for my phone-line, it got me on the Internet. Â When I got broadband, however, the phone just became annoying again. Â I don’t…
Frustration
This comic is true for both the lay-person and the pastor. We spend so much time banging our heads against the reality in front us, the system we operate under, the models which used to work, and the reality we wish was still real that it’s difficult not to burn-out!
Unfortunate Misunderstandings
Christians often mean well, but we are often so immersed in our world and our lingo that we fail to see how we are being perceived by the people we are attempting to communicate with. This comic is memorial to all the tragic misunderstandings we Christians have caused over the years.
Help
We say we trust in the LORD for our lives. I think we show too often, however, that we really believe in the power of marketing.
