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…
Tag: Pastoring
Teaching and leadership
It happened again recently. I heard yet another pastor talking about teaching in an effort to highlight other important aspects of leadership. I’m sure the pastor meant well, as I’m sure all the pastors who take similar lines of thought mean well. An I understand why people would make statements to that effect. Pastoring, after…
The best lightbulb
Today’s post is something I’ve been pondering a a couple of days. The most profound insight I’ve ever had is understanding how little I understand I guess I could comment more, but I think I’ll just leave this here as a “mental chewable.”
“Doing Stuff”
I put the video embedded below on my other social networking feeds yesterday, but I felt it was a good fit for today’s blog post. Especially since I posted a sermon yesterday. On Saturday, April 18, Central Baptist Church held a Chili Cook-Off fundraiser to support the Cedars of Lebanon Campaign – helping to raise…
Ministry “Just Because”
I’ve written about this before, but one of the things I like to do when I’m on “staycation” is to attend worship at Central. It’s fun going to worship with the same folks to serve God alongside week after week when they acknowledge you’re not there in any “official capacity.” This Sunday was extra fun…
Keeping up with Languages
A lot of people, pastors in-particular, are amazed that I still bother to translate the passages on which I preach. I don’t claim to be a Biblical languages scholar, I’m not. If I had been trained before the advent of Bible software I might have dropped using the languages myself 1. What I don’t like…
