Today I was privileged to head out to an ordination service for a pastor in our local association. As I was hopping into a friend’s car to begin the trek to the church, it dawned on me I hadn’t been to an ordination service for a while. In fact, I believe I accidentally slept through…
Tag: Church
Planning Conversation
This past week I had a conversation with some folks who make up the worship circle at Central. We discussed two topics. First, how were we going to lead worship on Sunday’s I’m not present 1. This was handled quickly, and in a way which includes a larger body of folks who said they wanted…
Focal Points
I’ve spent much of my Christian life in churches which have been shrinking for decades, and that’s colored my understanding of what it means to be a part of the Church. What I’ve discovered, however, is that’s not necessarily a bad thing. It’s helped train me to help encourage positive change. There is a trap…
Considering the other
This week I preached on Hebrews 10:19–25. The sermon was ok but, for me, the most compelling section was the last paragraph – so I’ll spend some time unpacking it’s ideas a bit more fully this morning. More and more I’ve been hearing, from Christians near my age and younger, how we don’t need the…
Power Trips
For some reason this week I was thinking about the nature of power versus the nature of authority. In our culture, people tend to use these words as synonyms – and in the last few years they have also tended to take on entirely negative connotations. While our language does recognize a lexical over-lap between…
HDR Sanctuary
My post yesterday was my first real HDR photo. It wasn’t the best composition in the world, but I felt it was a good demonstration of what photo stacking could look like. I wanted to experiment some more. As twilight approached on Friday I took my camera, tripod, and Nexus 7 over to Central’s Sanctuary…
