I found this over at Think Christian. What if starbucks presented itself the way a Church does?
Tag: Church
Things I hardly ever hear anymore…
I was thinking earlier today about things that I used to hear every week at Central which I rarely hear anymore (if ever). Here’s a list of some, to give some balance let me also share some things I am hearing at Central. Enjoy! Things I’m not hearing If we do that, [so and so]…
Unwritten Rules
When I was a pastor in MA I made the mistake of asking a long-time member what “traditions” the Church had for Christmas Eve worship. I was told, unequivocally, “Traditions? We don’t have any of those?” It was, of course, wrong – but the member didn’t know that. Now, someone has graphically depicted my experience!…
Questions I Wish Churches Would Ask Themselves
I’ve got several friends who are either getting ready to move on to a new pastoral calling, or have recently started at a new congregation (Hi Chris!). This led me to think about the nature of a congregation’s interim period, as well as my own introduction into life at Central Baptist. Sometime during my revery…
Painful Time
Today I was subjected to another satellite seminar that left me thinking, “Why am I here?” Let me run down the list of things that caught my attention: Standard generic seminar speaker cadence and pattern of presentation (just change the face and you won’t miss a beat) – check. An over-long introduction that unsuccessfully attempted…
Case Study: “What did he just say?”
I put this together for an exercise I’ll be doing with the Student Chaplains in November. We’ll be doing some work on prayer and I thought this was a good case study to work with. Yes, it is based on a true story (no, I’m not Walt). How do you think the story continues? C’mon,…
