Article: 9 Surefire Ways to Make Your Church Ineffective

When people talk about developing a “long-term approach” to something they usually are not talking about the next 500 years. That seems a little too long for most of us. Yet with Christianity and even Judaism, every 500 years or so there is a reformation of sorts. If not a reformation a major shift in…

As you know, we have been worshipping online since March. It hasn’t always been easy, but we have been doing the best that we can. Recently (with the cooler temperatures), we started parking lot worship at 8am on Sunday and it has been wonderful to see so many people come! A few weeks ago, I…

I ran across this phrase and it resonated with me. “It is always easier to fight for ones principles than to live up to them.”  This appears to be true from what I can see. What do you think? There is a war of words going on in our country and compromise is nothing short…

http://www.infobarrel.com/22_Habits_of_Unhappy_People Occasionally I will post articles from around the web that I find helpful or thought provoking…    

Have you ever heard about the Christmas truce that occurred during World War I? The fields of Flanders were no place to be on Christmas Eve in 1914. The air was cold and frosty, of course, because it was winter, and things were very quiet.  Thousands of British, French, Belgian and German troops were dug-in…

One of the most compassionate moments in Jesus’ life happened while he was dying on the cross. The criminal crucified next to Jesus pleaded for God’s mercy when he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.” Luke 23:42 At the moment this man begs for grace, he had already admitted to fact…