- January 6, 2021IT BEGINS WITH THE MEMBERS'S FAITH No pastor likes to think of conflict and division in the church, especially the…
- December 30, 2020HALF-HOUR BREAKS In this time of stress, we need to develop a list of ½ hour interruptions that we can…
- December 23, 2020MAJORITY RULES This is an adaption of a community building game adapted to a church community. Explain that they are…
- December 18, 2020CONTINUING TO REFLECT ON THE FUTURE OF DENOMINATIONS. One Future for Denominations In reading Thomas Friedman’s The World is Flat…
- December 16, 2020I FIRST POSTED THIS IN 2006 BUT SOME OF THE SAME QUESTIONS ARE PART OF OUR CURRENT PANDEMIC CONTEXT. Where…
- December 8, 2020Shock and Awe: A church confesses its racism and is awed by God’s Invitation It almost scares me to suggest…
- December 7, 2020LISTENING WITH BOTH HEART AND MIND In all the posts and Blogs, we have been focusing on what can happen…
- December 6, 2020CONSIDER THE FUN OF HAVING THE WHOLE CHURCH INVOLVED I’m going to offer you some sample sets of questions to…
- December 5, 2020GOD WAS IN CHRIST RECONCILING THE WORLD TO GOD’S SELF You wouldn’t have read this far if you didn’t feel…
- December 4, 2020WHEN RACISM AFFECTS MY ROMANTIC LIFE On the one hand, what I’m about to share is only a mildly amusing…
