“One small step for man. One giant leap for mankind.” As I was running this past Wednesday, I couldn’t get this phrase out of my mind. Perhaps I should explain. This past week, Lauren and I were attending the United Methodist Congregational Developers Gathering in Denver, Colorado. We will write more about this in the …
As I am writing this, we are at the beginning of what I consider the holiest time of the Christian year, conveniently called Holy Week, therefore you would think that I would post about that. I was going to do that at first, then I got “the letter,” which moved me to write about the …
The mission of The United Methodist Church is “to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.” I wholeheartedly agree with this mission, and I believe disciple making is the most important undertaking with which we should be engaged. We have assumed that if a church provides consistent events, biblical information, and …
On February 8th, Asbury University held its regularly scheduled chapel service, and it turned into a nonstop worship service lasting weeks attracting thousands of visitors to Wilmore, Kentucky. The chapel service was already popular. It regularly attracted visitors from all over the country wanting to experience its worship. However, after this particular service, many students …
The mission of The United Methodist Church is “to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.” I wholeheartedly agree with this mission, and I believe disciple making is the most important undertaking with which we should be engaged. We have assumed that if a church provides consistent events, biblical information, and …
These posts usually begin as an idea that pops into my mind during my morning runs. As a practice, I don’t listen to music, books or podcasts as I run. I listen to the thoughts in my head, to the prayers I utter, and for God’s voice and direction. This week’s post has come about …
Many Christians are tired of hearing about social justice issues. They don’t want to hear about racism, sexism, homophobia, or police brutality. They don’t want to hear about what we should do collectively to empower the disenfranchised and level the proverbial playing field. Some churches even have “anti-wokeness” campaigns. We saw a multimillion dollar campaign …
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 …
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 …