Social Networking and the Body of Christ

Dec 21, 2008 | General, Pop Culture

I’ve been pondering the meaning of “fellowship” lately. There’s plenty to read in the Bible about fellowship. “Don’t abandon meeting together, as is the custom of some…” “Where two or more are gathered, I am there...

It is NOT too hard…

Jun 1, 2008 | General, Leading the Church, Pop Culture

It takes a guy like Moses to tell people who are standing in the middle of a desert with no food stores, no national economy, and not much of a standing army that their proposed invasion of the Promised Land wouldn’t be too hard. Here. You read it. Pretty good...

Keeping Promises

May 1, 2008 | General, Leading the Church, Methodism, Pop Culture

This world is my home. I don’t plan to fly away. I’d rather build God’s kingdom here than slip into some fantasy cloudscape with a little cabin in the corner of Gloryland. Honestly, I don’t even know what that last part means. In all of the...

A Pastor’s Job Description

Apr 15, 2008 | Leading the Church, Methodism, Pop Culture

We’ve been gathering job descriptions at Piperton UMC lately. Some were concerned that the job descriptions were going to be used for thorough overhauls of the work done at our church. They aren’t. Some were afraid that we were trying to figure out who to...