As we look over the landscape of our little church, needs to serve abound. What a gift! Can you imagine the alternative?—A church without opportunities to serve—may it never be so among us! With increasing demand, and the regular addition of new members, many can feel the burden of growing needs. At the same time, others of us need to share more of the load.
Read MoreOur society, in general, has become increasingly risk averse. But risk in life is impossible to escape. There is inherent risk in everything we do, and to accomplish what we want to achieve, risk is usually part of the formula. My job as a father is to train that risk-willingness into worthy pursuits, and as a pastor, to shepherd a local church to risk for the kingdom of Christ.
Read MoreOur men’s ministry theme for 2025 is fatherhood. We’ve considered it from multiple vantage points. The fruit has been encouraging to hear and to see. But for Saturday, we don’t want to teach. We want to execute. In particular, we want to provide space for to create (or update or dust off?) a discipling ‘plan’ as dads for your families.
Read MoreLast week at the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) meeting in Indianapolis, on a few occasions, it felt like I was living through the lyrics of the song by the English punk rock band The Clash, “Should I Stay or Should I Go?” In conversations with pastors and messengers at the SBC, the question I heard most often regarding their churches and affiliation with the convention was, “Should we stay or should we go?” It was a question of whether to stay in the SBC or leave the denomination entirely.
Read MoreCBC family, as our church calendar slows for the next few weeks, here are a few suggestions.
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