Calling for Repentance can sound like an uncomfortable and dangerous thing to do in our churches today. But without repentance, there can be no grace. Without returning to Jesus, we cannot incarnate Jesus for the world. In a world that beckons us everywhere else...
Who’s afraid of a little disorder? Usually the church. But if anything we learn about Pentecost Sunday, it’s that the Holy Spirit refuses to fit into our “orderly” understandings. We are not in control. God is. Just as in the Jewish tradition, the Jubilee...
Be a GOOD Church! A good (GOOD) church is a “get out of doors” church! Does your sermon help people “go out” to proclaim the name of Jesus to the world? The end of your sermon needs to challenge people, nudge them, encourage them to be the message Jesus...
Help people embody your sermon by inviting them to act it out! Use a blindfold to lead them out. Or as our fellow contributor David McDonald did one Sunday to demonstrate Jesus’ burial, wrap them up! You can have them up and moving about the space or participating...
Snap that photo! Today we live in an age of electronic media. People share what is most meaningful to them. Although you don’t want constant “snapping” in the midst of your holy times, still, using cameras in the midst of worship at times can portray the beauty and...
“What did you say?” “I couldn’t hear a word the preacher said!” Those are common complaints among elderly in the church. Even if you have a voice that carries….even if you have a great phenomenal speaking voice, it’s a good idea to use a mic. It doesn’t matter if...
