"So, what's shaken' down there?" Gabe asked Raphael, a seasoned guardian of an American church. "Looks like they've gathered to worship," Raphael said as he squinted down at the entrance. "What's that…
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What If We Actually Believed?
There's a thought experiment that haunts me: What would happen if we took the Bible seriously? Not just as a collection of inspiring stories or moral guidelines, but as the…

Ten Errors of First-Time Deacons
Welcome to life as a deacon! Always exciting, inspiring, fulfilling and self-satisfying. Wait… that’s not exactly true. Let’s start over. Welcome to life as a deacon! Much different than you expected (that’s a…
You Might Need to Delegate.
If you have to use a remote to ring the Sunday School bell because you are keeping the preschoolers and teaching the Ladies Senior Adult class on closed circuit TV, you might need to delegate.
If you come home from work one day only to discover that your son left for college, entered med school, and set up a practice before you realized he was gone, you might need to delegate.
If your teammates base can all fit in your Smart Car, you might need to delegate.
If the Deacon’s decide to attend worship on a rotating basis, once every quarter, you might need to delegate.
If “Hello, I can’t help you I’m snowed under,” becomes your standard phone greeting, you might need to delegate.
If your wife has to set up an appointment 3 weeks in advance in order to schedule an meal together for her birthday.
If you have over fifty-five “…. for Dummies” books in your study, you might need to delegate.
If you go back to school to learn how to play the bass and the basics of interpretive dance because your church is going contemporary, you might need to delegate.
If you develop an involutary twitch everytime somebady says “can you..”, you might need to delegate.
If the Church schedules an intervention for you with Dr. Phil, You might need to delegate.
If you find that you have become the chairman of the deacons and the WMU, You might need to delegate.

What is Church?
What is the church? In all of it’s glory and shame What is the future of this beautiful wreck And what will we do when we realize that the Church…