My late father was a church planter, both in the United States and in Zambia, Africa. One of the things I most admire about my dad’s church planting and missionary endeavors is that he was a...
On planting new churches
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On Counterfeits
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In this entry, I’d like to speak about two different kinds of counterfeits. First, I’ll address a counterfeit Christianity, and then we’ll move to discuss a counterfeit God/Christ...
On Extremes & Packed Churches
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Speaking broadly: extremes aren’t generally a good thing. But my, how we humans are attracted to them like moths to a flame, or — more accurately — like flies to rotting meat. I...
On the Gospel
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“This world needs the Gospel.” I’ve uttered that phrase quite a few times over the years while driving or walking or otherwise spending time in my small town. My reasons for saying...
On Work
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Today, both in the secular world and within the church, the idea of hard, constant, difficult, exhausting, gritty work is seen as something to be avoided, or at least meticulously managed and...
On loving Like Jesus
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Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about loving like Jesus. It’s come up in everything from the letter from which I’m preaching on Sunday mornings (Philippians 2 at present) to our...
On The Tragedy In Lewiston
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Just last week, I read about how Maine is second only to one other state (also in New England) in how few murders occur each year. Just last night, I learned of a mass-shooting event in multiple...
On “Those” Pastoral Posts
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You can count on it: sometime on any given Saturday night and straight on into Sunday morning, a very particular kind of pastoral post appears on most Christians’ social media feeds. I can see...
On Self-Control
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I don’t think most would argue against the assessment that America has a self-control problem. In a previous post, I pontificated on our peculiar penchant to preach on particular perils while...
On Eternity
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My oldest son came upstairs long after his bedtime last night, clearly fighting back little tears. I asked him what was wrong, and he, after the briefest of hesitations, relayed what was troubling...
