We had a pretty good day yesterday. Numerically, we seemed to be about the same as the last few weeks, which is slightly up from previous months. What I felt was a wonderful thing is a partial answer to a specific prayer I’ve had for quite a while—that our members would make a concerted effort [...]

I’m home today with a migraine, so this week’s confessional will get right to the point.
Our day yesterday was a special “family” Lord’s Supper. We made real special effort to get the word out about this event, and encouraged families to attend that maybe we had not seen for a while. All in all, our [...]

If you’ve never read Harold M. Best’s Unceasing Worship, you’ve missed one of the seminal works on worship and the arts in the Church. I’m on my second read-through, a process which will likely take me quite a while since I’m reading it alongside other, newer books—and because it is such a deep read. The [...]

We had our back to school crowd today, along with quite a few visitors. We started off with a pretty popular song for our folks, one written and taught to us by traveling artist/speaker David Crain. It’s funny how a church seems to take ownership of songs from a visiting artist.
Both rehearsal on Thursday and [...]

Somewhat of a sad day yesterday. I’m filled with mixed emotions about yesterday probably being the last day we’ll get to hear our lead guitarist and his wife perform in our church (at least for a long time).
I’ve mentioned him before, he’s the one who’s an infectious disease researcher that often travels back and forth [...]

Ever have one of those days where something going wrong, that could have potentially ruined you entire day, actually turned out for the better? Yesterday was one of those days.
My wife’s been out of town since Wednesday, and I’ll admit something every married man knows to be true. I’m a much better person all around [...]

8/8/08 is the big day. The day you’ve been waiting for, even if you didn’t know it.
Phil Wickham’s live album, “Singalong,” will be available for download starting at midnight tonight. If you haven’t heard Phil’s stuff, this is your chance to fill you iPod (or music player of choice) with some quality, live music.
Interested? Of [...]

It was good to be back in the saddle yesterday after a vacation the previous Sunday. Our crowd was extremely low, even for a summertime service. Maybe it was the combination of the record breaking heat and the pastor being out of town that did the trick. I also know there were quite a few [...]

I’m reading through Six Prayers God Always Answers by Herringshow and Schuchmann—which I’ll be reviewing in the next few days— and I ran across the following statement.
“Desperation forces us to overcome our inhibitions—we have nothing to lose.”
Granted, this quote from the book is in relation to a prayer for desperate needs, but it got me [...]

We’ve been working on the nuts and bolts of our upcoming Fall series—something I think we’re going to call “One Another.” Basically, we’re going to looking at and creating opportunities for our church body to put all the “one another” commands in Scripture into practice—love one another, bear one another’s burdens, pray for one another, [...]