Peace Keeping –2

Peace is a good thing. Don’t get me wrong, I like peace and think that the church above all people groups should work for peace. What I’m aiming at is spiritual cowardice and poor leadership being masqueraded as “peace keeping.”
Here’s a typical example: A church I know was considering making some changes in terms of [...]

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Peace Keeping — Part 1

This post is one in a series dealing with the beauty and and pitfalls of “keeping the peace” in the church.————————————————–
Could it be that peace is overrated? Please know I am committed to peace – in its true meaning and practiced correctly. As the apostle Paul writes, I try to do everything to “live [...]

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Style in Ministry

Thought these thoughts from Mark Driscoll were appropriate. One of the struggles I constantly face is dealing with people who have no clue about being in the culture. Many folks I know want people to convert more to the conservative, white Christian sub-culture than convert to Christ.

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You’re Rich

During this Christmas season, when all of us are coveting more than should be humanly possible, you might want to check out The Global Rich List. Here you simply type in your yearly earnings and it calculates where you are on the global rich list. Now you can see where you stack up against the [...]

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After Jesus

Tonight CNN will air After Jesus: The First Christians at 7 and 10 pm EST. It will be interesting to catch the news network’s take on a small band of believers, with a crucified leader became one of the most dominant and popular religions in the history of the world. Tune in!

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Congrats to Me

I would like to be the first to congratulate me on being Time Magazine’s ‘Person of the Year’. Honestly, I can think of thousands of people who have had better or more interesting years, but it would be in bad taste to turn down such an honor.
After all, this year has had it’s ups for [...]

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