Sometimes in order to best understand what something is, it’s helpful to understand what it’s not. Here are three things that the church is not: 1) The church is not something you attend. Saying that…
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Are You Helping Or Partnering With Your Church?
I want to use the following illustration to distinguish the difference between helping and partnership. Just about everyone can relate to moving from one house or apartment to another. When a person moves they try…
That’s The Church’s Job
It’s time to take some blame for the state of our world. Let’s face it. The church’s voice is marginalized and ignored when we blame gay marriage while half of us are divorced, when we…
The Military, Church, And Addictive Teamwork And Purpose
I watched an interesting interview that Jon Stewart did with retired General Stanley McChrystal. Here are a few quotes from the interview that that struck me, and really got me thinking about the church. McChrystal:…