2 Important Easter Reminders
Today is Good Friday. Resurrection Sunday is around the corner. Between now and Monday our phones and computer devices will be blasted with Easter-related social media posts, pictures, memes, quotes,…
Category: Church Culture
20 Things I’ve Learned From Pastoring The Same Church For 20 Years
After spending more than 8 years in youth ministry, my wife Annette and I moved from Tulsa, Oklahoma to central Illinois in December of 1997 to plant a church that…
4 Helpful Tips For Inviting People To Your Easter Service
Here is a recent article I wrote for Tyndale House Publishers that offers some helpful tips for inviting people to your Easter service. As Easter quickly approaches, I can’t think…
7 Ways The Church Is Like A Circus
I sat down at my computer to knock out this week’s blog post, stepped away for a minute, and returned to find this on the screen: “This is a beautiful…
19 Years. 19 Takeaways. [Lessons From a Church Planter]
It’s hard for me to believe that I have been pastoring the same church for more than 19 years. I could probably publish a book called How Not To Plant…
5 THINGS I LEARNED ABOUT PASTORING FROM A STARBUCKS DRIVE-THROUGH
Earlier this week I used a Starbucks gift card to pick up my drink of choice—a venti iced caramel white chocolate mocha without whip (or nae nae). As I sat…
Sad Day For America, But God.
“Let’s not forget that Romans 2:4 says that it’s the GOODNESS of God that leads people to repentance.”