A Great Communicator -part 4

When people don’t see what we are doing as vital in their lives (and I mean everything from a church picnic to a Sunday sermon) then they begin to look at church services and events as religious duties performed by the faithful, but having little real meaning or import. They actually begin to view these times as something that must be endured, often primarily in order to maintain their fellowship with the people in the church.

Our recent San Antonio trip

Peichi and I recently got a free trip to San Antonio for the weekend.  Here is some of what happened.

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A Great Communicator -part 3

I sit in staff meetings often trying to figure out why announcements are not communicating effectively. There will be times when an event that we know meets the needs of our community and has been sufficiently announced will be quite modestly attended. It is not a rare occurrence when we hear after the fact, “Oh, I wish I had known we were doing that,” when I knew that person sat through several Sundays of announcements on that very event. Now, our church is a healthy and growing congregation with vital and growing ministries. People are not bored with out church, and our events are usually well attended.

Today’s Video Infection

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A Great Communicator -part 2

Communication as being part of the very nature of God is not confined to exegesis of John 1. In Genesis 3:9 after Adam sins God asks him, “Where are you?” This is amazingly profound. God obviously knew the physical location of Adam. There was no question He couldn’t answer. The real question should actually be seen as ‘why are you suddenly distant?’ or ‘Where has our intimacy gone?’ Before this moment there were no walls. Man was naked and unashamed, hiding nothing. This side of eternity, God would never again walk with man directly, unobstructed. There was now separation. The rest of human history is the story of God closing the gap.

A New Series

I am soooo happy to be back blogging after my weeks moving and making my house livable.  There is a new blog series I’m posting on my Post-Christian page.  You can start reading it here.

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A Great Communicator -part 1

As Christians looking at the Bible for matters that are important to God and thus important for us, we tend to think of sin, righteousness, helping the poor and hurting, eschatology, and others. These are all very important biblical themes. But we tend to miss something huge that is both inherent and explicit in the Bible…