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For lunch today I ate a sandwich consisting of fresh bread, lettuce, chunks of red peppers, brie and goat cheese, hunks of raw red onion, and sliced tomatoes. I did a quick check for meat. There was no meat. I like meat. I don’t like raw onions or sliced tomatoes. Erika knew I might be…
It’s reading week. Every year EBC students and faculty get a week off from classes: once in the fall and once in the spring. I decided to take my last week of holidays from the church to coincide with my reading week. Here’s what I’ve been up to:Cutting firewoodPlaying Dora CandylandDreaming with Erika about the…
It feels like our church is losing staff members at a record rate. Four pastors/directors (plus another one this June) and two support staff in three years. They’ve either stepped down or moved on to something else. I find it hard to say good-bye to people who have mentored, supported, and shared the same wild…
I’m ready for change. So, beginning tomorrow, I’m going to pray to that end. I’ve got some attitudes and ambitions that need to die. And I’ve got questions: questions about ideas that are in my head. Sometimes I see things that others might not; not “I-see-dead-people” kind of things but “what-could-the-future-look-like-if…” kind of things. Lately…
Some of my recent thoughts on measuring growth: “We need new ways of measuring church success. In a large church, Sunday morning attendance indicates an ability to attract people. We give them excellent music and dynamic preaching. And Christians come. Then, when we measure our effectiveness we ask, ‘are people coming to church?’ We rarely ask, ‘are those…
Sabbath. Do you take one? That was the topic of conversation around the staff meeting table this morning. I brought a book I picked up this weekend called, Sabbath by Dan Allender. It’s part of the Ancient Practices series of books edited by Phyllis Tickle. Allender writes, “We live in a dark day, but it…