Where can one hold a Bible in one hand and nurse a beer in the other? It’s at The Red Door, a ministry held at the Willowdale Saloon in Janesville, Ill. led by Kathy Price.  In an effort to minister to those turned off by traditional religion, Price holds services at the bar at 10:30 [...]

I’ve heard of crying to get out of a traffic ticket, but I’ve never heard of crying in order to get out of being robbed…until now!  Police in Indianapolis say an armed robber spent nearly 10 minutes on his knees praying with a clerk at an Indianapolis check-cashing business before fleeing with $20 from the [...]

I came across an article in the Washington Post that I want to share excerpts of with you.  If you’re concerned with how consumer-driven the church has become and how hard it is to make disciples of Christ out of church-going consumers, you’ll want to read this.
FROM THE WASHINGTON POST…
Concerned evangelicals gathered last week in [...]

The main purpose of our trip to Japan was to see and experience firsthand the ministry of Leon and Cheryl Hill.  Many years ago, the Hills lived in Albuquerque and were faithful members of Foothills Fellowship.  As a young couple, they were sent to Japan from Foothills 24 years ago.  Over the past two years, [...]

I sat in awe during the Sunday service as I listened to Pastor Okita of the Midorino Chapel in Japan preach his message to his congregation.  Listening via a translator through headphones, I quickly discovered that Pastor Okita was preaching on the exact same topic and challenging his church in the exact same way I [...]

Just spent the last hour-and-a-half writing a powerful blog about how we – as followers of Christ – are called by Him to bring redemption to those around us in Jesus’ name.  It was good.  It was life-changing.  It would have rocked the blogoshphere.  And then I lost it.
As I went to publish it, my [...]

Our church just spent the weekend with Kevin Higgins, the director of Global Teams – an organization that equips and sends missionary teams all over the world.  We’ve partnered with Kevin over the past sixteen years and have seen an entire church movement emerge in South Asia as a result.  Kevin and I spent a [...]

The other night, I was invited by a friend to join him at a local cigar room to watch the NCAA tournament. I’d never been to one, but the prospect of smoking my pipe indoors was appealing to me. You see, I like to smoke a pipe every once-in-a-while, and because I don’t [...]

I’m always on the lookout for fresh, new worship music. I have over 5,000 songs on my iPod, with a wide variety of musical styles: from heavy metal to classical; from Seattle grunge to club techno. I even have a couple (as in 2 or 3) country music songs on my iPod, but [...]

I’ve been involved in several discussions lately about worship style, and at the same time, I’ve been reading a book called, The Present Future by Reggie McNeal. In it, he challenges the church to become more intentional about focusing their ministries and energies on those outside the church rather than on the “club members” [...]