Musings on Faith, Culture and ADHD
The pastor of a Disciples of Christ congregation in Colorado shows another way to help a church turnaround from decline: simply love the people: When I came to Mountair I had a close friend tell me to do nothing but love people for a year. I didn’t like that advice much. I saw so many... Continue Reading →
Originally posted in November of 2011. A few weeks back, I happened to be browsing the religious website Patheos and came accross a blog post by Greg Garrett called "God Commands Compassion, Not Evangelism." The title fascinated me and the excerpt was even more interesting: "Christianity is not about praying in a certain way, or... Continue Reading →
The following post is from April of 2008. In light of the recent goings on at the United Methodist General Conference, I thought this might be a good post to share again. I've been a mainline Protestant for about 16 years. I grew up in the evangelical and black churches and found the mainline churches... Continue Reading →
This was originally posted in January 2011.A few years ago, a dear friend of mine described me as an evangelical turned liberal Protestant. I remember blanching at that definition. Politically, I tend to lean more center-right/libertarian. Theologically, I'm pretty orthodox.But the fact is, I am a liberal Protestant these days. I'm ordained into a mainline... Continue Reading →
I stumbled across a post by Methodist blogger Allan Bevere on the prophetic nature of the church. He ends to post like this:As I continue to say-- when Christians hear the word "politics" they should not think state; they should think church. For Christians, our politic is church. But that clearly is not what it... Continue Reading →
So, I'm going to treat into the waters of the birth control vs. religious liberty debate that has been going on for a while. I've been wondering how Christians should handle this issue. Now, I tend think birth control is a good idea. Teenage pregnancy is not a good thing and well, women should be... Continue Reading →
Christ of the Polls by Stushie.There was a time in my life when I really loved talking about politics. I come from a family where my mother talked about politics constantly and still does. But these days, I don't enjoy politics as much as I used to. I still enjoy and I still blog about... Continue Reading →
I've been what could be considered a Mainline Protestant for 20 years. In those 20 years, I've learned something about mainliners: We really suck at planting churches. Let me back up a moment. I started attending Calvary Baptist Church in located in the Chinatown area of Washington, DC in the fall of 1992. It was... Continue Reading →
Walter Russell Mead is a writer that mainly focuses on politics. However, in today's blog post, he focuses on the church or I should say specifically the mainline Protestant church. His post, which is wonderously titled, "The Holy Crap Must Go," is basically saying that it is time for a spring cleaning in the church.... Continue Reading →
The Clockwork Pastor 