When does a gathering of people become more than a gathering? More specifically, when does a gathered group become a church? And who gets to define what a church should look like? How critical are committees and ordained staff in defining church? According to scripture, when two or three are gathered Jesus is there. Not [...]
Archive for February, 2011
Have you ever found yourself longing for the good-old-days? A time when everything seemed simpler and less complicated? I wonder if the good-old days were really all that good. Do we really want to go back to a time when some people had to sit at the back of the bus? My boys did not [...]
“Thinking is by far the most frightening and dangerous act any human being can perform. People would rather die than be forced to think. A whole nation would rather blow itself to pieces than question its basic values. Whole groups of religious sects all through history have preferred committing mass suicide rather than face the [...]
I love urban legends – stories that just might be true. There is a story that has circulated about a unique contract rider the band Van Halen used to determine whether or not concert promoters had read every line of the contract. In the middle of document they inserted the following statement, “There will be [...]
