Kevin Watson at has started an experiment to see how much social capital Methodist bloggers have. This experiment was prompted by the feeling among some Methodist bloggers that United Methodism does not always do as good of a job as it could at getting the Wesleyan message out there, particularly on-line. So, he wants to … Continue reading »
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A Week in the Life
It’s been yet another busy week. We’ve started Servant Walk, our Sunday morning video curriculum, again after a couple weeks off of filming for Christmas and New Year. If you’re really interested in looking at some of the early attempts at video teaching by yours truly, hop over to YouTube and check out what we’ve … Continue reading »
A New Year, and Few Resolutions
Today has been a good day. I had the day off of work and took time to do some things that needed doing. Even though we’ve tried in the past, today was the day we really took off Emma’s training wheels for good. She took to it immediately and rode up and down the … Continue reading »
Finding the Jesus You Thought You Had Lost
This is one of the transcripts from the teaching videos I’m doing each Sunday. This one is based on Luke 2:41-52 and owes a lot to N.T. Wright’s interpretation in his “Luke for Everyone” commentary. Growing up, I lived on a small country back-road. If you ever drove down it, you might even think it … Continue reading »
Clear-Paned Missiology
At one of the congregations I serve, there are huge windows lining each side of the sanctuary. Without fail, every time we have guests come and speak from across the conference, they mention these windows. You see, they aren’t stained-glass. They are simply huge panes of clear glass, and they are indeed beautiful. Out the … Continue reading »
What’s Going On?
I don’t do posts like this too often, but I’m trying to be more disciplined and write at least two posts a week. I spent nearly six hours on the road yesterday driving to Oklahoma City and back for the Order of Elders meeting. Don’t feel too bad for me driving so much; there are … Continue reading »
Megachurch Musings
Since I’ll soon be beginning an appointment at a much larger congregation, I have found myself reading more about the unique opportunities and challenges within megachurches. Scott Thumma & Warren Bird have released a new study which you can find here (h/t Todd Rhodes @ MondayMorningInsight). Todd summarizes several changes that have taken place over … Continue reading »
Holy Serendipity!
I love the word serendipity and the concept of unexpectedly stumbling across something even though you weren’t really trying to find it. Back when I worked in a research lab, I always said, “If we don’t leave our work benches messy, we don’t leave room for serendipity. After all, we wouldn’t have penicillin if Alexander … Continue reading »
All’s Well that Ends Well
I don’t know much about Shakespeare, but I do know he once wrote a play with this as the title. Further, I’m really not sure what the play was about, but it popped in my mind as I was thinking about the next month and a half of my life as I prepare to change … Continue reading »
Polity is Popular?
I find it fascinating that some of my more active posts in terms of comments come when I make statements or raise questions about committees and/or administrative concerns. Remember the transfer letter post? There are still people who make comments over at the Catching Meddlers site on that one. I’m not quite sure what to … Continue reading »
