Saturday – Feedback time

Our week long meditation and study in blogland concluded yesterday.


Our week long meditation and study in blogland concluded yesterday.
Today I finished the promotional video for the New Testament course being offered at Hanover Missionary Church this fall. It’s an extension course that can be taken for credit or audit through Emmanuel Bible College. Last fall I taught New Testament I in Hanover and it was so successful that we’re following it up with…

I wrote this for our church website a few months ago: “The church is not a building. It is the community of God on mission.” How would church leadership change if pastors were asked to mobilize people rather than attracted them to Sunday morning services? What if a church community decided to flatten its leadership…

Tonight I’m dusting off my hockey gear and lacing up the skates for the first time in a few years. It’s not a pre-Halloween trick; rather, a couple of guys from the congregation invited me to join them on the ice for the season. My goal is to represent the Spirit of Jesus on and…

Last week I stumbled on a column written by the managing editor of Southern Grey county’s finest newspaper, “The Post”. She wrote a “how-to-understand-what-women-are-really-saying” guide for guys. I wrote a letter of response and it was published in today’s newspaper. Click here to read it.

Church conflict. It’s something every pastor and congregational leader experiences and should know how to handle. Unfortunately, most church authorities avoid or ignore it. During leadership transitions conflict surfaces. Sometimes it’s subtle; other times it’s explosive. It can happen in an all-of-a-sudden explosion; or it can ooze out slowly after years of bubbling beneath the…

“Change takes place when people relax and start conversing with each other.” One of my colleagues made that statement in a sermon this past Sunday. If that’s the case, and I believe it is, then why do we make such a big deal out of the Sunday morning show? Last I checked, I didn’t have very…