A number of years ago when the Episcopal church has elected Bishop Gene Robinson and had gone through the turmoil of theological, ethical, and cultural debates of gay clergy and
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Missional Drive Church?
I was pretty impressed with this pastor who has started a ‘Drive In’ church. Wasn’t so much impressed that he’s doing a drive in church, that seems rather silly to
read more...Come on, Take the Money and Run Church!
“Come on, Take the Money and Run. Woo, Woo!” (couldn’t resist a little Steve Miller Band in this posting) In my methodist church they have stated that a lottery is
read more...What Google Images Teaches Me about My Faith
Maybe it is me, but I find myself troubled by the things that Google Image shows me about the faith that I claim. This is significant in my opinion because
read more...ReBranding the Faith.. for a President
I was born in the last days of a Nixon administration, remember nothing of a the Ford presidency, have some recollection of Carter administration and was totally into a Regan
read more...3 Ways for Churches to Improve their Brand
The other week I heard a speaker say that the church needs to be a “go-to people” place versus a “come-to us” place. It has me thinking of 1) our
read more...Delegation Grudge Match! #umc #umclead #tnac2011
While at Annual Conference we found ourselves in some deadlocks of General Conference and Jurisdictional Conference delegate voting. Talk was made of suspending the rules in order to implement a
read more...The Book of Discipline The Musical #umc #umclead #tnac2011
With the success of “The Book of Mormon” & our United Methodist Church Annual Conferences happening around the UMC over the past month and half. Some friends & I had
read more...Phyllis Tickle, Freakonomics & a ‘vital’ congregation
In my latest posting of my newfound Neflix documentary watching I choose to watch Freakonomics. I am fascinated with Levitt’s concepts and numbers crunching analysis. This is rather funny to
read more...Foursquare your Church
The other week I was sitting down with my Hendersonville Geeks and Bill showed me this Foursquare special for Old Hickory United Methodist Church. I’m really familiar with OHUMC as
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