The One Thing Your Pastor Isn't Telling You

by | Sep 21, 2021 | General

It’s time someone speak up for the “hired hand”October is Pastor Appreciation Month.Your pastor needs you to notice.Your pastor needs you to celebrate.Your pastor needs you to make it a big deal.Your pastor needs to know that you … well, that you...

Weariness, Work Ethics, and the Witches of Salem

by | Sep 6, 2021 | General

Whatever happened to Labor Day?It’s Labor Day Weekend. The one day a year where we honor our national labor force by giving them the day off. Well, not all of them. We still want to be able to shop those end-of-season retail sales and rush over to WalMart to grab some...

What is the Greatest Threat to the Church?

by | Aug 22, 2021 | General

How the modern church’s response to pandemics breaks with 2,000 years of traditionIn 1983, Jerry Falwell’s Moral Majority released a shocking cover of their monthly newsletter. Founded 4 years earlier, the Moral Majority sought build a coalition among a new voting...

When a Meme Makes You Rethink Your Childhood

by | Aug 16, 2021 | General

There’s a meme that I’ve seen make the rounds on social media over the last 6 months. I saw it a lot, then it went away for awhile, came back for a season, then snuck away again… until this week, when I saw it resurrected itself on the page of a childhood hero.Perhaps...

How Should a Christian Respond to COVID?

by | Aug 10, 2021 | General

The Church’s most important defining moment in generations is upon usA few months ago, the highly respected Pew Research Center found that 45% of white evangelical adults had made a decision to not be vaccinated.1 45% ! That number amounts to 14 million people...