Today is Valentine’s Day; a day on which we celebrate love. While there are a variety of opinions and a variety of experiences surrounding today’s observance, I invite us to pause for a moment and consider God’s love. I was attending a worship service recently and the preacher asked the question, “Do you know that …
In October 2021, I was visiting my daughter at her college in Oklahoma City. While I was there, I decided to go for a run and ended up in Downtown OKC where I heard the loudest bird I’ve ever heard. It was just squawking and making such a ruckus, it made me wonder what was …
The New York Times article “How to Focus Like It’s 1990” says our collective attention spans have been decreasing since 2004. We literally switch our focus in seconds. The younger generations are even worse. Marketing experts say advertisers lose Gen Z’s attention after just 1.3 seconds. You can blame it on technology or social media, but we have to …
Happy New Year!! Ok, so I know we are more than halfway through the first month of 2023, but the year is still new and crisp and what will be is still unfolding. We do pray that your new year is off to a good start. I don’t know about you, but I’m excited to …
Its hard to believe, but this will be our last post of 2022, and since we have been moving through the Advent Season and into the Christmas Season, I thought what better way to close out the year than with the nativity. Every year my wife and I begin our outdoor Christmas decorating by setting …
In a previous post, I explored my understanding of evangelism and shared my early introduction to what I call “building-based evangelism”; the activity of inviting people to activities and/or programs which take place in a local church’s building. As a reminder I define evangelism as introducing people to the good news of Jesus Christ so …
Years ago, I sat in a local Cava on my lunch break and heard a conversation between two young men sitting next to me. They were talking about planting a church in Southeast D.C. Immediately, my ears perked up because after seminary, I spent two years working in Southeast D.C. with a faith-based nonprofit creating …
What is evangelism? That is a great question. Over the years I’ve discovered that there are as many definitions of “evangelism” as there are people offering definitions. Some focus on the message, others on results, some on the recipients of the message and still others on the methods used. I like to define evangelism as …
Last week Lauren and I (Bill) shared our thoughts about leaving personal legacy, by wrestling with the question, “How do you want to be remembered?” Of course we came to the conclusion that it was more important for people to remember Jesus than us. As Lauren shared…”I believe we make the most impact and can …
By Bill and Lauren Luke grew up in the preschool at my (Bill) last church. I saw him almost every school day and again on Sundays. Luke was a great hugger and would run at me from the other side of whatever room I happened to be in and wrap his arms around me in …
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