I’m six months into my first senior/lead pastorate position. I’ve preached before, but this is the first time I’ve been the main teacher responsible to speak to a congregation almost every week. I’ve really enjoyed it, but I’ve also felt the pressure to bring something fresh, deep and challenging every week. When I’ve led our [...]
Archive for May, 2009
Keeping It Simple
Posted in Uncategorized on May 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“If you wanna be somebody else…”
Posted in Uncategorized on May 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you wanna be somebody else
If you’re tired of fighting battles with yourself
If you wanna be somebody else
Change your mind.
These lyrics from Sister Hazel’s 1997 album …somewhere more familiar (and later from their 2000 Fortress album) echo Romans 12:2. I got to thinking about these tonight because I have been going through some struggles with [...]
God or Money & The Communal Collection
Posted in Uncategorized on May 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Joshua 24 is a great passage. (I should probably be prepared to write that about any portion of what I believe to be the inspired Word of the living God, right?) In it Joshua does a bit of a recap with the struggling Israelites. He talks about the gods of their forefathers before they were [...]
