Church

The real goal

Paul Carter, Associate pastor of youth and family at Lorne Park Baptist Church in Mississauga, as quoted in the June 22, 2004 issue of Christian Week: “Youth ministry is still reeling from some

Blessed are the disillusioned

I was pleased with yesterday’s discussion on church attendance. It stayed pretty civil, which is amazing. I want to respond to two reactions I saw. One is, “This may be true of

At least I never said that

From Next Reformation (under June 18; permalinks not working): The Minister looked out over the congregation. Around 2,000 had gathered for morning worship in this surburb of Sydney, Australia. Every eye was

How dare you not attend church? part three

From the previous posts, you might think I’m against church. I hope not. I’ve spent the past thirteen years in church ministry, and I’ve grown incredibly by being in community

How dare you not attend church? part two

Rachel rocked my world some time ago with a series of posts called Listening to a non-church-goer. Agree or disagree, these posts are still worth reading. A couple of good books on why