January 2011
9 posts
How Megachurches Help Your Ministry
I was listening to Marco Arment talk about coffee on episode ten of the Build & Analyze podcast. He made some comments regarding Starbucks that struck me as very applicable to ministry.
Aside from the obvious correlation between Starbucks and megachurches — that some megachurches literally have a Starbucks franchise on their campus — there are some deeper and more interesting analogies I...
Inspired by life on streets, ministry serves... →
Leo Chang went to live on the streets in order to better serve people who are homeless.
“When you went to a soup kitchen, you had to listen to a pretty bad sermon first. We’re not going to do that,” said Chang. “We’re ministering to them by listening.”
Inspirational.
(via Shirley Ostrander)
Exploring Christian LGBT Issues with Jay Bakker →
Don’t ask, don’t tell. I think the church started that.
Son Of Jim And Tammy Faye Finds His Own 'Grace' →
“I believe that the church is unfortunately still the ‘tail light,’ as Martin Luther King used to say,” Bakker says, referring to King’s musing that religious communities usually seem behind on matters of social justice. “I’m hoping that we can become the headlight one day.”
Jay is still teaching me about grace. Thanks for being you, brother.
Stop Blaming the Pancake →
Anyone who’s ever made America’s favorite round and flat breakfast food is familiar with the phenomenon of The First Pancake.
No matter how good a cook you are, and no matter how hard you try, the first pancake of the batch always sucks.
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But, that shouldn’t mean you never make another pancake.
Start and don’t stop. It’s the simplest,...
Why Do Atheists Read the Religion Section? →
I’ll give you a hint. It is the same reason Christians read the other sections.
Good article if not ground-breaking.
(via Carol Howard Merritt)
Don’t Watch the Parade →
Dad decided boredom wasn’t fitting for a day that God made, so he asked the kids for suggestions, and they decided to have a family parade down their small street. And as they notified neighbors, the family decided nobody could watch their parade, that people could only participate.
Come be in the parade.
Detroit in Ruins →
This is what I grew up exploring. It is as though parts of the city were just raptured.
“Love is the ultimate outlaw. It just won’t adhere to any rules. The most...”
– Tom Robbins