One of my pet peeves is when I hear an older person lamenting that “All teenagers are the same.” I usually have to excuse myself so the steam fuming from my ears doesn’t scald those sitting next to me. It was unsettling, then, to realize that I am guilty of the same stereotypical thinking.
23 Sep
One of the most taxing things about being a lead pastor is the drain of having to come up with completely new, creative, thought-provoking, challenging, engaging, funny, life-changing content every seven days. I like to call it the Monster of Sunday.
23 Sep
It’s hard to admit that…right? It’s always easier to blame someone else for the problems we see instead of seriously looking to ourselves.
23 Sep
When was the last time you went bowling? If you own your own bowling ball and one of those wrist guard things I’m not talking to you. Bowling is much harder than it actually looks and for most people is much more of a social event than it is any kind of sport. In theory [...]
23 Sep
Really — there’s nothing that can catch God by surprise. I don’t know what you’ve done. I don’t know how big, bad, recent or how hurtful it was, but regardless of what it was, God’s reaction is pretty simple.
21 Sep
Recently, I had the pleasure of spending about 30 minutes with author, speaker and social activist Anne Jackson. Anne has written 2 books, Mad Church Disease and her most recent Permission to Speak Freely.
In this interview we talk about authenticity, brokenness, atheism, burnout, lost faith, isolation, awkward honesty and more.
13 Sep
Remember the scene in Gladiator where Maximus, having just struck down a few folks and covered in sweat, grime and blood throws his sword up towards the royal box and turns to the crowd shouting, “Are you not entertained!?” It struck me that perhaps that is a question pastors, speakers, and worship leaders quietly ask the church community. Of course we would never say it out loud, but, isn’t part of the seeker-sensitive model to “hook” people into coming to something that is designed with their intrigue in mind?
06 Sep
In our premiere SHRINK the church podcast episode we collaborate with the guys from Spinalcast and talk about brodozers, testamints, Chuck Liddell’s mohawk, Christian apparel, iTunes’ Ping social media service, college football, Glenn Beck, psychics, the Chilean mine cave in, social media in churches and so much more!
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