Ministry Resentment
Ministry can make you very angry. Perhaps more angry than any other profession. Maybe this is because of the strange and complex tangle of relationships associated with working at a…
Get Heaven To Your People
My office is notoriously fun, on account of my strange collection of artifacts, objects, and works of art. I have turned my workspace into a curiosity cabinet, a laboratory almost…
Change Church
Our church has had to reinvent herself a few times. We began as a Charismatic collection of Holy Rollers from Oral Roberts University, but after a few years realized that…
Sacrament and Alignment
One of the most powerful sacramental experiences I’ve experienced at Westwinds took place at Grand River Brewery. We held services during open hours for two years at Grand River, and…
Before You Rebuke
A rebuke is a sharp command to stop sinning.With few exceptions, it’s only ok to rebuke those with whom we have some relational capital. We earn relational capital by loving…
Love Where You Are
One of the most common temptations for Christian people is to hate where, and when, they live. We love to decry that we’re “living in the End Times,” or that…
Korean-style Prayer
In How to be with God: a Primer on Christian Prayer, I include prayer hacks at the end of each section. We used this hack in the prayer meeting we…
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