The Open Kitchen Ministry
I remember the first time I saw an open kitchen in a fancy restaurant. You could reserve a table right beside the kitchen and spend your evening watching the chef cook, talking to
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Us-Centered or God-Centered?
A radical shift has taken place within the church. Pressure is put on pastors and church leaders to make church about us. The focus is no longer God and how we fit into
Sowing and Reaping
A new friend spoke yesterday about the significance of understanding what Jesus said in John 4:35-38:
Do you not say, ‘There are yet four months, then comes the harvest’? Look, I tell
The Value of Weakness
I’ve seen a lot of values listed by churches. Most of them sound lofty. I’ve only seen weakness listed as a value by a church once. The church is Holy Trinity
Today’s Generation Hungry for Real Christianity
I started pastoring in the early 1990s when church growth principles and the seeker-sensitive movement were big. A decade later, beginning soon after 2000, the emerging church seemed to take off. We’re