Passion Burns Within

After being in the ministry for ten years I ave learned to expect certain things in every church.  One of the people you will always encoutner is a church bully. I define a church bully as a singular church member who expects to have the final say in all matters whether or not they are [...]

I want to begin by saying I hate the show.  I leave the room whenever it is on.  I hate how the personalities of both of the “stars”.  Whether it be reality or not Jon is portrayed as the whipped husband and Kate as the domineering wife. It bothers me.  That being said I was [...]

You have heard that you cannot please everybody. It is very important to understand that when programming in ministry. For far too long we have held the fantasy that programs draw people. They don’t programs simply get the people you have in activity.  But many churches and church have run themselves into the ground by [...]

Over the past few weeks I have learned that correcting causes chaos.   The story is that 6 months ago we set out how we would do our summer program. Then about 6 weeks a go we started  having some incidents. We made a massive course correction and thought we had our bases covered. Well unfortunately [...]

This week is a hectic one and next week will be one too. VBS begins next Monday and I am swamped this weekw ith prep. We have had two neighborhood Blitzes and looks like we will be doing some more at the end of the week. We have been doing work days getting props and [...]

A church planter I have been following lately has posted a new blog here.  It calls out churches for being blind to what doesn’t work and wasting there time, effort and resources.  How long must we spin our wheels emploring methods of the past.  There are so many ways to reach out and we seem [...]

This week marks my one year here in Greenville. It has been a great time and I feel like I am settling in as far as being in a new town is concerned. It amazes me how fast this year has flown by but how much we have packed in in such a short time. [...]

I have just finished reading Pagan Christianity and thought I would share my thoughts.  While I find that all the research and history is incredibly enlightening I do not know that I would necessarily say that we can or should try to be just like the early churches. It is a matter of culture and [...]

I love to read. I usually try to read 2-3 chapters out of two to three books a day. Sometimes it happens and other times it doesn’t. Right now though I want to expand my reading from books on religious stuff to more secular books on leadership and innovation. I would love to hear from [...]

I think it is safe to say that when beginning my ministry here at Reedy Fork I was walking into a situation that was not going to be easy per se. But I also think it is safe to say that the bar was set pretty low. Especially in the minds of many of the [...]