Jesus, don’t leave home without Him

Last Sunday morning I preached for 30-40 minutes, casting a vision and laying out a strategy for accomplishing our congregational mission. Tomorrow we begin our fall sermon series.


Last Sunday morning I preached for 30-40 minutes, casting a vision and laying out a strategy for accomplishing our congregational mission. Tomorrow we begin our fall sermon series.

An egalitarian perspective on 1 Timothy 2:12.

A pastoral transition, no matter how smooth, leaves a huge communication gap. That gap needs a bridge. Increased communication functions as a bridge for a church in transition. So, make sure your church is building bridges across the gap with regular updates during the transition. Roger Nicholson paints a clear picture of the need for open…

It’s official! Erika and I have been hired as co-pastors at Blue Mountain Community Church beginning September 1st, 2017. Our house is up for sale, our kids are gearing up to go to new schools, and the Mills family finally knows where we’re going to land in September. Our life as a family has been…
I’ve been working on a definition of the church. It’s for our upcoming sermon series. I’d like to develop a definition that would allow me to explore a single word from the definition each Sunday. The whole venture could take six to eight weeks. Here’s what I’ve got so far: 0 0 1 25 148…
Lately I’ve been reading a provocative little book called Worship, Community and the Triune God of Grace by James B. Torrance. He is professor emeritus of systematic theology at the U. of Aberdeen, Scotland so it’s a bit denser than the chainsaw catalogue on our coffee table shelf. I was struck by his former prof’s ideas…

Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry. I wish I was better at that. Lately, my mouth has led me into some uncomfortable situations. My most recent New Testament class is a good example of opening my mouth too quickly. Without thinking, I asked my class to reconsider…