I thought my church was pretty cutting-edge when we had a dance-floor custom built for all of the wedding receptions we host.  But, it looks like this church does its fair share of dancing too.
Sure hope the screen covering this sign is secure.  Wouldn’t want the “n” to be replaced with a “v”.  That may [...]

I drove by a church today here in Albuquerque that is selling fireworks out of a huge tent in their parking lot.  When I came back to my office, I read a story about a church in Louisiana that does this too.  Interesting.  Here’s the story:
The House of Prayer First United Pentecostal Church in [...]

Is this what the pulpit ought to be used for?  Associate Pastor Christopher Benek of Providence Presbyterian Church in Hilton Head, South Carolina recently gave a sermon about (and to) NBA star Lebron James (aka King James).  The Ohio native is a big LeBron fan and recently took an opportunity from the [...]

Last spring, Cross Timbers Community Church in North Texas began giving money away. Lots of it.  Hundreds of thousands of dollars.  They’ve given single moms and widows $100 gifts; they’ve given $200,000 to four local and two mission organizations; and they’ve fed, clothed, and paid utility bills for  many local people during these [...]

At what point is too much too much?  I recently heard about the massive $130 million building campaign of First Baptist Church of Dallas, and my mind immediately went to this question. It was just announced that the church (founded in 1868) will launch one of the nation’s largest church construction projects, aiming to [...]

I’ve been away from the blogoshpere for a while.  God had some lessons to teach me firsthand.  Several weeks ago, I received news that a dear friend of my family had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer that had spread to her bones.  We were shocked.  And so was she.
Jacqulyn had been experiencing [...]

The following words from N. T. Wright from his book Surprised by Hope will serve as my benediction at church on this Easter morning…
So how can we learn to live as wide-awake people – as Easter people?  I have come to believe that many churches simply throw Easter away year by year, and I want [...]

I’ve admired John Piper for some time now.  I was introduced to him back in college in the form of his book, Desiring God.  It was required reading for a class I was taking, and I devoured it.  In it, Piper gave me permission to enjoy God and enjoy my faith-journey with Him.  This was [...]

Observing Lent is a new thing for me (see “My Rookie Year of Observing Lent”), but the concept of observing the Sabbath is not.  I’ve been wrestling with how to make the Sabbath a day of rest, recreation, and spiritual focus for years now.  I’ve had some success in leading my family in this but [...]