“Cowardice asks the question – is it safe? Vanity asks the question – is it popular? Expediency asks the question – is it political? But conscience asks the question – it is right? There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, popular, or political; but because it is […]
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Bigger Pans
“Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.” Isaiah 43:18,19 NIV The recently married young man hesitated asking the question for fear […]
Get Your Shine On!
“You’re here to be light, bringing out the God-colors in the world. God is not a secret to be kept. We’re going public with this, as public as a city on a hill. If I make you light-bearers, you don’t think I’m going to hide you under a bucket, do you? I’m putting you on […]
Seeker Sensitive
60 Seconds of Pastoral Pondering A blog for pastors The Lord knows how hard we’ve worked to make it happen. We have prayed, strategized, connived and manipulated to make the church and its programs ‘seeker sensitive.’ The service has been shortened…the message simplified …we attempt to include at least one song from each […]
Celebrate the Process
60 Seconds of Pastoral Pondering Celebrate the Process Few people make a profession of faith the very first time they are confronted with the Gospel. For most, it’s a path of small, incremental changes. The journey usually begins far from the point of accepting Jesus. Its headwaters are typically void of any need of or […]