Today’s church is a collection of diverse ministries housed on one campus. These ministries have a tendency to become an island and work alone, especially if there’s a separate Pastor or Leader in charge of each area. What often happens? Ministry silos are established where each area becomes known for something different. Perhaps...
Are you a quitter? Most would say, no, I'm not a quitter. But I think there’s lots of ways we quit. Some statistics say as many as 95% of dieters fail. With 45 million Americans dieting each year, there’s some quitting going on. Should I ask about your daily quiet time? Sadly, I realize I’m...
Growing up, my family had music blaring from our house. And it could be heard easily since, living in Atlantic Canada, we didn’t have air conditioning (we didn’t need it for most of the year and on the days that required cooling off, we relied on the mostly-present breeze), so we kept...
Today in our service our Pastor explained for a specific point he was making that the average Southern Baptist Church has around 250 people on their membership rolls. I thought "that's not too bad, and even 'good' sounding" but then I instantly wondered how many people actually attend services on a regular...
