This week is the County Fair in Parke County. I’ve been blessed with the opportunity to do a lot of ministry there. I will see a lot of people that our church will probably only be able to connect with one or two other times of the year. Needless to […]
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Rural Ministry: The County Fair…
A wonderful, yet challenging part of Rural Ministry is the County Fair. Ours is this week. A week full of Demo Derbies, Tractor and Truck Pulls, Animal Showings, Riding, Roping, and even ATV Drag Races!!! Wow. I will see a lot of people from our county of 18,000 people. Politicians, Businesspeople, and Organizations […]
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Rethinking the typical.
I was in a meeting today that helped confirm a lot of what I have been thinking and reading about the “millennial generation” (largely those born between 1980-1991). While there are varied experiences based on the context you are dealing with (such as urban vs. rural ministry), I am finding […]
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The “Certified Redneck Pastor”…
My sister sent me this today. It is funny for a number of reasons. 1) I know well the Pastor being “honored” (He was my pastor for a number of years while I was growing up) 2) I know he can take it in good humor. 3) I know it […]
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Pastor-Bashing in Ministry…
Everyone has a Pastor they “love to disagree with”. Whether it is personality, theology, personal life choices that rub you, just about everyone has one (or multiple) that they can think of at a moment’s notice. Apparently, blogger Rachel Held Evans has Mark Driscoll of Mars Hill Church in Seattle […]
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Defining You.
I love the video to the song below. I needed to see this today. Someone else could use it too, I’m sure. Don’t let your success, your failures, your actions, your fears, your friends, or your possessions define you. Don’t let what you did or didn’t do define you. Don’t […]
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Web Site Tip: Copyrights.
If you are not the one designing your site, or one of your paid employees (contractors do not count here…), make sure your design contract makes the copyright of the website yours, or there is at least a way to purchase it. This will prevent a lot of surprises and […]
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Good or Great?
It’s easy to chart what you need to do to improve your church. It is exponentially harder to actually accomplish it. On paper it may look easy to hit those milestones and measures, but when you throw in the personalities and agendas of all involved, things can get quite messy. […]
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Worldview Academy.
I am not a big “Camp” Youth Pastor. I do not often do camps, especially big, expensive ones. I am used to taking students to small, local camps, usually run by a local Baptist Association. In fact, that is what I am doing this year with the majority of my […]
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Jesus junk…
I ran across this in a catalog the other day. Note they are “salvation bands”,not silly bands….
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Back to Home…
It has been a crazy couple of weeks. I have a lot of notes that are turning into blog posts really soon… Last week was a mission trip with my youth ministry to Illinois. The week before that was WorldView Academy Leadership camp in Columbia, Missouri. There were two days […]
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Book Review: The Sword of the Lord: The Roots of Fundamentalism in an American Family
I have been working on this review in various forms of drafts and notes for about a month and a half now. I don’t often accept offers and open blog posts to do Pre-Release book reviews, but I liked the potential this book brought to the table. Why this book? […]