Author: Steve

  • April 26, 2011
    With few exceptions, one of the challenging tasks of the finance committee after all of the pledges are in is…

  • April 25, 2011
    Every year the church stewardship committee tries to come up with a new way to approach the stewardship campaign. The…

  • April 21, 2011
    I am pleased to report that my new CD, Laughter From the Well, is now on cdbaby.com. Soon after it…

  • April 20, 2011
    When someone jabs at you, it is important to know how to respond in a way that preserves your dignity…

  • April 15, 2011
    Psalm 13 is considered the classic lament psalm. There are times when we feel nothing is going right and we…

  • April 14, 2011
    There is also power in praying for your church when, despite one's best efforts, it feels like the church is…

  • April 13, 2011
    When we pray psalm 22, it is hard not to think of Jesus on the cross but the very fact…

  • April 12, 2011
    Let us begin with that most familiar of all psalms, Psalm 23. As I mentioned yesterday, I encourage you to…

  • April 11, 2011
    If the Psalms are God's gift to us to teach us how to pray, then we need to experience them…

  • April 8, 2011
    There is an old creativity strategy that I think might be beneficial in a conversation about the work of judicatory…