“Membership is about getting; discipleship is about giving. Membership is about dues; discipleship is about stewardship. Membership is about belonging to a select group with its privileges and prerogatives; discipleship is about changing and shaping lives by the grace of God.” Michael Foss We are called by Jesus to go and make disciples, Matthew 28Continue reading “June 2011 Front Page”
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The Perfect Pastor!
Received this in an email and had to share!!! The perfect pastor preaches exactly 10 minutes. He or she condemns sin roundly but never hurts anyone’s feelings. He or she works from 8am until midnight and is also the church janitor. The perfect pastor makes $40 a week, wears good clothes, drives a good car,Continue reading “The Perfect Pastor!”
Dave Sather’s Money Matters ~ Inflation: The Silent Killer
Dave Sather is a friend of mine and he sends out financial information to a group of people. I read this article from him this morning and thought I would share it with y’all. (after I asked him if it was ok of course!) Ahead of the Memorial Day weekend, Carol and I stopped byContinue reading “Dave Sather’s Money Matters ~ Inflation: The Silent Killer”
New Music Style for Lutherans???
This is a wonderful way to help take care of creation and make music for worship! I’ve seen this before on a Mighty Fortress, but that was not to this scale! Wonderful!
GOD LIVES UNDER THE BED
I received this by email and thought it needed to be shared… I envy Kevin. My brother, Kevin, thinks God lives under his bed. At least that’s what I heard him say one night. He was praying out loud in his dark bedroom, and I stopped to listen, ‘Are you there, God?’ he said. ‘WhereContinue reading “GOD LIVES UNDER THE BED”
Paul Simon And A Moment Of Pure Sobbing Joy : All Songs Considered Blog : NPR
Paul Simon And A Moment Of Pure Sobbing Joy : All Songs Considered Blog : NPR. Rayna Ford went to a Paul Simon concert on May 7, 2011… She shouted for him to play the song Duncan. She wanted to hear the song because this is the song she learned to play guitar on… WellContinue reading “Paul Simon And A Moment Of Pure Sobbing Joy : All Songs Considered Blog : NPR”
Bigger than ourselves…
“I read recently that 5% of the 159 million adults in the United States who identify themselves as Christians, attend a house church as their primary faith community. 5% might not sound like a lot, but if you break it down, those attending house churches make 7,950,000 of all adult Christians in the United States.Continue reading “Bigger than ourselves…”
What does Jesus look like???
I have been reading Luke 24:13-35 and listening to Todd Agnew’s song My Jesus today, preparing to preach this weekend… And it got me thinking, we all have a picture of Jesus we see in our minds when we hear about Jesus. We all have a concept of what he looks like… So I googledContinue reading “What does Jesus look like???”
Dry in Texas
Received thus in an email and thought I would share… It’s so Dry in Texas, it’s affecting Churches!!! For all you Texans, and former Texans, you need to start praying for our state. Look below to see how bad the drought has become. HOW DRY IS IT IN TEXAS? It’s so dry in Texas thatContinue reading “Dry in Texas”
A statement on the 2009 ELCA Churchwide decision
I sit at my desk and prayerfully consider a statement to simply state my Biblical and pastoral understanding of the ELCA’s decisions “to allow congregations that choose to do so to recognize and support lifelong, monogamous, same-gender relationships” and to allow persons in these relationships to serve as rostered leaders (including pastors) of those congregations.Continue reading “A statement on the 2009 ELCA Churchwide decision”
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