Defining Discipleship
Over the last couple of months I’ve been a part of a team from our denomination’s state convention that is attempting to launch a discipleship initiative for churches in North Carolina. Some of the conversations...
Monthly Archive: February 2010
Granger Field Trip, pt. 2
If you missed part 1, you should catch up here to put today’s post in context. Go on. I’ll wait. Creative church types are always talking about thinking outside of the box. We don’t want...
Topical Tuesday: Raising Pansies
We’re in the middle of a several-week series called Topical Tuesdays, where you pick the topic and I make up answers. You can add your topic / question to the list by commenting on this...
Granger Field Trip, pt. 1
It’s not a secret that pastors only work on Sundays. The rest of the week is spent honing my curling skills, or whatever it is that you imaging pastoral-type folk do on their Sabbath from...
Greater Love Hath No Man…
Yesterday morning I caught up with my friend and fellow Summit pastor Brad O’Brien over coffee. If you’re new to the Summit, it might surprise you that Brad and I haven’t always carried the titles of...
Book Review: The Beautiful Fight
Gary Thomas is the kind of author that makes you wince and worship all at the same time. Wince – because he clearly identifies our rebellion against God as part of our fallen nature, and...
Water Torture Worship
The scene: last Sunday, the Summit’s 12:30 service. We’re roughly three minutes into the message, and I’m sitting four rows back, right center section, settling in for Pastor J.D.’s weekly tirade against lasik surgery. Or...
Topical Tuesday: Who Gets to Serve?
We’re in the middle of a several-week series called Topical Tuesdays, where you pick the topic and I make up answers. You can add your topic / question to the list by commenting on this...
When Selling Loses its Soul
If you’re a long-time reader of the blog, you know that I put way more stock into Super Bowl commercials than I should. (Read last year’s rant here.) But this past Sunday I recognized something...
Topical Tuesday: Through the Mud
Today we begin a several-week series called Topical Tuesdays, where you pick the topic and I make up answers. You can add your topic / question to the list by commenting on this post. Today’s...
