Reflecting on Church #22: Affirming One Another With our journey of visiting fifty-two churches over, I can reflect more on the complete experience. Today, I’ll add to my thoughts about Church #22. During the public sharing time that wrapped up...
What Does Christian Unity Mean To You? Why can’t we all get along? Living in peace and harmony are lofty goals that most everyone agrees with. Aside from wacko militants, no one says, “I want to live in constant conflict with my neighbor and...
Reflecting on Church #21: A Unique Service That Should Be the Norm With our journey of visiting fifty-two churches over, I can reflect more on the complete experience. Today, I’ll add to my thoughts about Church #21. Of all the 52 churches we...
Do We Ever Lie to God? The song said, “We lift up our hands.” Except for my wife, no one else in the church service moved, not even me. It seemed disingenuous to only raise my hands when the song told me to. Shouldn’t I have already been doing...
Five Confusing Verses About Tamar Last week I wrote about Tamar and her lustful half-brother who raped her. I spent three weeks reading and re-reading this story, meditating on it and trying to make sense of it. Despite that, five perplexing...
Reflecting on Church #20: Worship God in Any Language With our journey of visiting fifty-two churches over, I can reflect more on the complete experience. Today, I’ll add to my thoughts about Church #20. Although I’m uncomfortable in situations...
Does Your Church Need a Building? When visiting a church with family, the minister prayed, “God you know we need a new building.” I recoiled at his claim. They don’t need a new building; they merely want one. There’s a difference between needs...
Welcome Back to School As kids and college students head back to school this fall, I recall many of the teachers who worked hard to educate me. I learned something useful from every one of them, even the few who probably shouldn’t have been...
Reflecting on Church #19: Having God’s Perspective With our journey of visiting fifty-two churches over, I can reflect more on the complete experience. Today, I’ll add to my thoughts about Church #19. We’ve visited many small churches on...
How Do You Worship God? Is it just on Sunday or all the time? What is it to worship God? Ask different people and receive different answers. To worship God is to: Go to church Pray Sing hymns Give money Serve in some area These are all facets of...
