After eleven years I've decided to formally retire this blog. I haven't really used it actively in years so it's time. But even though I've moved on to writing on Medium and Substack, I still want to blog. It's kind of a great way to write and a good first draft for my writing. So,... Continue Reading →
Episode 112: Sabbath-Keeping for Congregations with Kara Root
How practicing sabbath can change a congregation and a culture.
Episode 114: The Digital Church with Jim Keat
In the wake of the 2020 COVID pandemic, churches were forced into the digital frontier whether they liked it or not. But now what?
Podcast: Camp Ministry w/ Jared Rendell
Church Camp can mean more to their life of faith than just a "camp high."
The Sermon Clip: We Want to Love People…Just Not You
We want to love people, we just want to make sure they are on our side.
Sermon: While It Was Still Dark
While it was still dark meant that sin and evil are in power. God feels distant if not absent. Mary was feeling had to feel like God was distant. Where was God when Jesus was on the cross? Did God care? It’s hard to believe in God when it’s dark.
Sermon: Setting Our Face Towards Jerusalem
First Christian Church isn’t closing. We are moving, but we aren’t closing. But how can we live? What is the mission that God is giving us?
We Have Some Healing To Do
Differences over ideology, sexuality and race were there 30 years ago, but there seems to have been more opportunities to come together and meet the other. Our modern self-selected society allows us to basically pick our friends instead of trying to build bridges with those who might be different.
Episode 65: Possession Obsession
Dennis obsesses on Sears, podcast downloads, and David Frum.
Chris Mackowski on the American Civil War
We talk to Chris Mackowski of the Emerging Civil War Blog to talk about Civil War History and how it affects America today.