Sunday Stills
"But I always think that the best way to know God is to love many things." --Vincent van Gogh, Artist **Photo courtesy of here
Scouting for a More Abundant Life
These two groups of lovely ladies are both from First Baptist Church of Roanoke, Virgina. One groups meets on Tuesdays mornings while the other meets on Tuesday evenings. The groups' leader, Bev Motley, sent in these photos of the groups doing Scouting the...
Sharing the Gospel Like Coke @BradAbare @CMSucks
This is my friend, Brad Abare. Brad is the founder of the non-profit Center for Church Communication, home to the popular Church Marketing Sucks, as well as the founder of the Personality Profile, a tool used by organizations to navigate change, communication,...
The Wonder of the Blunder
Little known secret: I love finding tools at the hardware store to incorporate into talks such as machetes, chainsaws-anything that’s metal and dangerous. So I thought, “What if I use a ladder?” while teaching at one of my favorite churches, Scum of the Earth, in...
Sunday Stills
"The self-appointed spokesmen for God inclines to shout; He, Himself, speaks only in whispers." --Martin H. Fischer, German-American physicist and writer **Photo courtesy of here
Yummy Beehive Lemon Cakes & Scouting the Divine
Colleen Davis sent in this photo of her precious group of ladies from Grace Community Church in Tyler, Texas. Abounding with creativity, this Woman's Bible Study group, while reading Scouting the Divine, made lemon cakes in the shape of beehives! They also made...
Don’t Wait Until October to Appreciate Your Pastor
It's no secret that Pastor Appreciation Month is in October. That's the month when churches show appreciation for their leaders through cards, gift certificates, words of encouragement, gifts, and other kindnesses. But over the last few weeks my heart has been weighed...
Wonderstruck by Forgiveness: My Global Apology—I’m So Sorry! 34,492 Times Over
Over the last few years, I’ve noticed that sometimes my emails disappear in cyberspace. I send someone an email and they claim they don’t receive it. I resend with the time stamp. On other occasions, people have promised to send some important information, and I never...
Discover Jesus: Revealed in a Fresh Way @AndytheFrosty
I wanted to take a moment to introduce you to my friend, Andy Frost, the director of Share Jesus International-an UK organization dedicated to sharing Jesus' story in culturally relevant ways--who just came out with a video series called Jesus Revealed. When Andy...
Scouting the Divine in the Virginian Mountains
This lovely group of ladies are Scouting the Divine all the way from Virginia. Nestled in the beautiful mountains of Roanoke, 18-23 women from Roanoke First Church of the Nazarene devour their Bibles with regularity every Wednesday night. Are you or your small group...
