Philosophy
HELP!! I WANT MY KIDS IN CHURCH!!
I get asked this a lot and was telling someone just today what my standard answer to that question would be. So I thought it would make a good blog post. So here it is How does a parent get their child involved in church? First and foremost the parent has to model the behavior [...]
The Southern Baptist Convention and Me
I am a generational Southern Baptist. My grandfather was a Southern Baptist preacher in a rural community my father was a chaplain for NAMB. My mom served in several SBC churches as I was growing up and still does now. I even was awarded a scholarship to a state camp when i wrote an essay [...]
There is a Hunger
I have been in my church for going on four years now and since the day I got here one of my goals has been how to grow attendance and involvement. Now there have been programs and gimmicks and silly ideas and serious ideas. And we have had some great successes and some failures. Wednesday night Youth [...]
Born This Way
This phrase “born this way” has been used as a justification for many things through the years. Mostly those people who have a part of themselves that they cannot control and that normal society would deem deviant love to unfurl the flag of their helplessness with the reasoning that they were just born the way [...]
Love, Hate and Disagreement
One thing I love, and wish people could do more of, is openly disagree in a civil fashion. Whenever I get into a discussion or debate with someone on a blog or in person I never enter in with the belief that something I will say is going to magically sway them from their side [...]
Deal with the Problem!
I subscribe to a number of blogs including the SBC Voices blog. Every now and then there will be a post that catches my eye and I decide to respond. That happened today and I wanted to share with you readers and get your thoughts. The blog can be found here and this is what [...]
The Finale of LOST
I was very excited to sit down and watch the finale of LOST last night. And for almost two hours plus I was thrilled. Then the show wrapped up and I was extremely let down. I have had some time to think about it and wanted to share some thoughts 1 I get what happened. [...]
Green with Envy
I want to add a disclaimer to the front of this post that I did not intend to do a “green” post on St Patricks Day. But hey here we are let’s go for it. I have been pondering this issue of envy for a while. I will be honest it isn’t because I recognize [...]
The Final Unleash Word
After all was said and done I LOVED Unleash. I have a new respect for NewSpring Church and affirmed respect for Perry Noble. That being said I wanted to address the controversial jab that Perry made at his critics during the second session. If you weren’t there and haven’t heard let’s just leave it as [...]
