Why So Repetitive?

Aug 18, 2011 | General, Leading the Church, Methodism, Pop Culture

Do you ever get tired of hearing how wonderful someone thinks you are? That’s a hard one to deny. We like it when the good stuff is repeated. And we may not like it as much, but we need to have the important things repeated so that they will stick in our head. I...

THE Second Chance

Jul 5, 2011 | General, Leading the Church, Methodism, Pop Culture

I woke up this morning thinking about the birth of our country after celebrating our collective national birthday last night with friends at the riverfront. All those people came to this new land looking for a place to start over. They all wanted a second chance to...

Self-emptying Outpouring

Jul 5, 2011 | SOAP Journal, Theological Thinking

SCRIPTURE: Hosea 2-5; Hebrews 2 Hebrews 2:16-18 It’s obvious, of course, that he didn’t go to all this trouble for angels. It was for people like us, children of Abraham. That’s why he had to enter into every detail of human life. Then, when he came...

Raise Your Standards

Jun 21, 2011 | Leading the Church, Pop Culture

Trinity has been about core values for a long time now. During my time here, we’ve outlined and refined our values by focusing in on the mission, vision, and purpose for our community of Christ-followers. One of the things to which we have pledged unwavering...

Making Disciples

Jun 17, 2011 | General, Leading the Church, Methodism

For some of you, this is about the fourth time in two weeks that  you’ve heard me talking about making disciples. I mentioned in Sunday’s sermon that I wasn’t doing my job if you weren’t sick of hearing me talking about the subject of...