On September 11, 2001, I walked out of my classroom at Mesa Community College and saw a group of people huddled around a television. The TV was about 15 feet away from me. Little did I know that those 15 feet would be the first steps on my journey to becoming a peacemaker.
I can not remember exactly when it happened but somewhere along the way I became a cynic. I started to see things and experience situations that caused me to doubt the divine connection to what I had previously loved.
In reflecting about a major move that is coming up this summer for my family from Phoenix to Atlanta, my heart was stirred about why Church Staff change churches. And while this isn’t an exhaustive list, I thought it was a great place to start. So in no particular order, here is my top 10 list of Why Church Staff Change Churches.
Super Mario Bros is the quintessential game of my youth. For the longest time I have loved this game, there is something about the success of an underdog that gets me excited about my faith.
How does a church address porn, sexual exploitation, sex trafficking etc. to the culture and community around it to draw people in to hearing and understanding without feeling condemned?
For some reason, we have created a culture of competition among God’s Church. In our race for our Father’s approval, we trample on and try to outdo our brothers. This can’t be right.
Men don’t need more programs, Facebook requests, and church to-do items to add to their list. But, the church thinks they do and as a result push men even further away. I recognize there are a lot of men who do “plug in” to the local church, but, let’s be honest, it is completely disproportionate to the women.
I’m a big fan of the “simple church” concept, but I have experienced just how daunting a task it can be to under-program my church. We are inundated constantly with opportunities for activity from other churches (which we don’t want to turn down lest we appear uncooperative and standoffish), advertised “movements” local and national (which are good at getting people [...]
