Feb 3, 2012 | General, Leading the Church, Methodism
I love science fiction. I’ve been waiting for years for Michio Kaku to reveal the fact that we will finally get our flying cars and personal robot assistants. But you don’t hear too many people talking about the distant future of the Church, except for...
Jan 31, 2012 | General, Leading the Church
One of the most profound, yet confusing passages in the writings of the prophets is from the book of Isaiah, chapter 53, verses 4-6. Isaiah 53:4-6 4 Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and...
Mar 21, 2010 | Announcements, General, Leading the Church
We met for the first time today–20 folks who have dedicated themselves to meeting for an hour a week for the next year. And it was great. We had our first conversation around the topic of “What it will take to grow beyond 200 members.” We began with...
Mar 22, 2008 | Leading the Church
I had a professor in Seminary who came in and sat with the class as we were settling in the first day. He was a grad student assigned to teach a class on the culture of Christianity, so he looked like the rest of us—and he didn’t sit at the desk where we thought the...
Feb 20, 2008 | Leading the Church, Methodism
Are you a teacher? This question applies to us as it did to the great teacher of the Jewish law, Nicodemus. Nicodemus was so busy teaching the concept, he was failing to live it. So how do we become better teachers? The most recent sermon in the Lenten Sermon Series...
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