Vision Pressure

What we are doing is not the default setting for the church.” Unknown I’ll forever stand by this idea… being part of a church, accepted, should never be determined by adherence to a few men’s Personal goals…  Join them if they are good ideas, and you’d like to. However, many folks are already preoccupied with…

“You Are Not Being Persecuted!” PART #2

This missionary really has that phrase stuck in my Craw…. This is A cheeky mini series of three Parts. This is Part Two…. more reflections on the previous post Part #1 Here “Just Getting What You Deserve” and Part #3 What John The Baptist Got Wrong? —————– A person told me that HR went through…

Just Getting What You Deserve? PART #1

Just getting what we deserve for not following the rules. This is A cheeky mini series of three Parts (Part #2 here “You Are Not Being Persecuted”) (Part #3 What John The Baptist Got Wrong?) I’m writing this as an illustration of what poor theology might sound like in our times. Let’s use Paul as…

PODCAST (40) Sent To Russia As A Spy?

Link to Podcast Dr. Marvin Clark. Worked in Canada West Africa, England. He was infamous as Deputy minister of Health on Prince Edward Island for shutting down corruption in health department. A half dozen employees were charged. Several tractor trailer loads of stolen equipment returned anonymously, Marvin is as kind hearted as they come. But…

(36) Stephen Hill Narcissistic Leadership Napkin Notes Changing Lives 2000 members or 2000 Churches?

Link to This Episode Steve has worked in several former Soviet Block countries and in Central Asia. Was part of the “Toronto Blessing” in the early days. People said Leadership was the problem in the Church. If we just have better leadership, the Church Will explode in growth. Then we realize it’s not leadership, there…

BECOMING A SOURCE OF JOY?

Am I the one who’s phone number on a caller ID makes people cringe? The one who’s messages are viewed, but go unresponded to? The one who has people exit the group without any interaction? The one people avoid eye contact with in the hopes of walking by without having to engage? The truth is…

When Church Buildings Are A Bullseye! Did You Know…..?

The Bride of Christ, The Body of Christ is beautiful. Join her, where ever you can find her! I am not a house church advocate. I am a “gather as the body of Christ advocate.” Historically unaware, many have never understood that Church Buildings would have been a bullseye bringing certain death to the often…

Post-It-Note Theology – So Titillated To Experience Evil

Here is my Post-It- Note Theology this morning “Deification is a fantasy difficult to repress and a temptation hard to reject.” Victor P. Hamilton: Genesis NICOT   An Intimate Knowledge & Experience With Good & Evil “For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like…

Disease, STD, Communicable Health Disclosure – Our Legal Obligations

I opened a can of worms on social Media today. I deleted it from social media and moved the thread over here to my Blog. Not because it was offensive. The information is incredibly important. It just got me to thinking about how, in general, what is our social and legal responsibility to disclose health…

Rousseau Practiced Serial Child Abandonment

Little known fact. Jean-Jacques Rousseau, the French philosopher actually abandoned five children to Orphanages. Isn’t it ironic that the philosopher who wrote one of the more influential books on the nature of the child and education (Emile, or also the title, On Education), would abandon his children in this way. We often have these talks…