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LINC-Rochester (yes, its still moving) has three principles: 1. Community Involvement – this is care for the community we are seeking to evangelize in a simple way, what are the felt needs and can we address them. I can’t say that I’m an Apple product user (although when I did get one of their products I would never get anything else after it). I didn’t know that Steve Jobs had been a Lutheran as a child before I read this. There is so much else swirling around I’m surprised it cut . . . → Read More: Steve Jobs Full Text The Bible un-apologetically holds that God is Sovereign and that we are responsible. Paul hits that wall over and over in Romans 9 and 10. Romans 9 concludes that it is all in God’s election. Romans 10 says we better get busy spreading the word. I’d be lying if I thought there . . . → Read More: Have you heard the message?…What you going to do about it? This is a link to a WSJ article about the population of NY based on the 2010 census. (The data is starting to roll out and the reports are being updated.) Now I’m a pure geek when it comes to numbers. I love this type of info. There is one big . . . → Read More: I love the smell of Data in the morning Tim Keller on successful . . . → Read More: Context is important Full Text It is hard talking about this one. Because there is no real answer other than prayer, which I desperately beg of you to do. In that vein, this is Anselm of Canterbury which happened to be the prayer of the day in my prayerbook… Blessed Lord and Savior who has commanded us to love one another, . . . → Read More: Why Some not Others…  Comments are closed  Matthew, Sermons, Word  All Saints, beatitudes, evangelism, friends, grace, Matthew, mission, prayer, salvation This file is the slides from the pastoral portion of the congregational meeting. We had some good discussion around the these. We also accepted a slate of candidates for the offices in the church next and talked about the upcoming budget. If you were unable to attend by have any questions, you know where to . . . → Read More: Congregational Meeting I’m usually pretty rough on institutions. If I am being truthful it is because I’m a trained cynic. The best training and advice I ever got as a young financier was to understand the compensation structure. Once you understood the compensation of everyone key in the room, you knew what position they were . . . → Read More: A medicinal reminder As the Pastor of a smaller congregation (I can’t really say small anymore because our average attendance now places us around the 50th percentile), also as a pastor who had a successful run doing something else before, articles like this pop up on my screen. Truth be told, this is part of the reason I . . . → Read More: Things that can’t go on, eventually don’t… Comments are closed Church Direction budget worries, church growth, congregations, denominations, mission, pastoral education, pastors Here is an article reviewing a split perception of what “Catholic” Universities do to the faith of their Catholic charges. The money quote… The CARA report now suggests that Catholics at non-Catholic schools tend to fare worse as far as fidelity and practice goes. But the larger issue is that Catholic higher education simply can’t bear all the . . . → Read More: Teaching the Faith |
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