A Pastoral End to Vacation

Given that I’m a pastor, I think I’ll reserve my Sunday blog entries to talk about “all things pastor.” At least, as I see them. Today was an interesting Sunday in several ways. First, I was technically “on vacation.” This meant I got to sleep in a bit and not spend the early Sunday hours…

Worship

   I guess people could argue that this should read, “It’s about being changed for service,” but I don’t agree.  All service (both in and out of “church”) is worship, and as we serve we’re supposed to look more like Christ. In a culture where worship  is often rated according to, “What I like,” I…

On Worship, Again.

There is a mentality among American Christians (of just about every variety) that I find myself constantly trying to re-educate people about – with varying degrees of success.  It all springs from the the combination of the language we use to describe worship being combined with the consumer mentality of the modern West.  It’s a…