How much impact can an struggling church in the urban core of Minneapolis have on the world? Well, a lot if it knows that church is verb as much as it is a noun. A recent post on the blog Church Marketing Sucks referenced a marketing campaign by Nike that was shown during the 2010... Continue Reading →
The End of the Full-Time Pastor?
When I started my current position at First Christian two years ago, I came on part-time....very part time. The church couldn't afford a full-time Associate Pastor and frankly, I didn't want to give up my day job. So, since that time I've worked part-time at First and full time at my job with the Presbytery.... Continue Reading →
Hyperballad
I've always been a Bjork fan and one of my favorites has been the song, Hyperballad, which came out in 1995-96. I remember hearing it when I first moved to Minnesota in the winter of '96 and it seemed like a song of hope in a kinda lonely period in my life.
Why Church Planting Matters
As First Christian plans its future, a constant among the plans is to leave some money aside for to plant new churches. Both the Senior Pastor and I have made this a priority in what ever decisions are made. That has been met with some resistance. One person wondered why we weren't spending some of... Continue Reading →
Children of the Heavenly Father
Yesterday at church, we had a service of lamentation. Two years prior, on August 29, 2008, First Christian Church sold its building the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. The congregation, which had went from the owning a building that was completed in 1954, to now being tenants. The hope of the service was to help people... Continue Reading →
The Clockwork Pastor 