Has Your Church Started to Die? | TonyMorganLive.com. A starkly clear appraisal of the established American church and its congregations by Tony Morgan. Its sad and funny, that Boomers would become the generation that does not want to change or give up its preferences or power for emerging generations. However, since they are reluctant to […]
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WLOS ABC 13 News :: Top Stories – Mountain Church Brawl. There is no church fight quite like a church fight over a polarizing pastor.
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Ad playing Doritos for Eucharist yanked from Super Bowl contest – Faith & Reason. Gee, who could possibly be offended by a commercial where a priest uses pepsi and doritos in communion to get more people into church, thereby raising more money to pay church bills? I believe God has a sense of humor, even […]
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Thanks to Bob Cannon for letting me know about the sound problem. I borrowed my oldest son’s gaming headset since my headset mike is busted and the sound was very different than what I usually set up for. So I didn’t check closely enough on the sound levels and the background music became too loud […]
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Just in time to end the year, a new podcast. Its a little different from some podcasts in that it has less to do with any specific site on the web and more to do with what I see as the transitions going on in the world, generations, and in the church. As I say […]
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A Tough Season for Believers – NYTimes.com. A very interesting article that really is not announcing anything new – mainline, organized religion is dying and its future is a return to its roots 2,000 years ago in thriving in a multifaith, multicultural empire. What is fascinating is the NY Times admitting it.
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Top Ten Things That Will Make You Crazy Working at a Church » MondayMorningInsight.com. In light of the atheist pastor story and my impending podcast (I know, I keep threatening), comes this brilliant insight that any pastor will give a rousing Amen, a few laughs, and one or two “why the heck am I putting […]
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While looking at the story on atheist pastors, this link popped up and it is quite fascinating. A committed evangelical congregation and pastor that have decided the Gospel calls them to welcome gay and lesbian members. Not welcome them to worship and convince them to change their ways – welcome them fully into the congregation […]
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Some are finding this shocking, anyone familiar with Church History is not surprised. Leadership and faith do not necessarily go hand and hand. In fact, most pastors, because of their education and experience are at a vastly different place when it comes to faith, the Bible, and God than most people in the pews, who […]
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My good friend, John Armstrong, is leading the Winebrenner Seminary annual Ritz Lecture Series this coming Monday here in Findlay. I am leading a workshop in the afternoon as part of it on the practical application of missional ecumenism, John’s premise (and rightly, I believe) that the greatest scandal of the Church is our division, […]
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