As long as I can remember, Vacation Bible School has been the main staple of the summer church calendar. Barna research has provided a new report on the state of VBS in American church life. You can read the report BY CLICKING HERE.
Month: July 2013
Keeping in Stride:: 3
This week I’ve been posting reflections on the prologue of 1 John. John proclaimed that Christ is the Word of Life. His second point was that Christ is the basis of our fellowship with God and with one another. 1 John 1:3 says, “We proclaim to you what we ourselves has actually seen and heard…
10 Signs Its Time to Stop Doing Big Events at Church
One of the blogs I follow is Tony Morgan Live. This week he posted some thought provoking comments about how healthy churches think about big events versus how unhealthy churches think about them. Check it out HERE.
Keeping in Stride:: 2
We proclaim to you the one who existed from the beginning, whom we have heard and seen. We saw him with our own eyes and touched him with our own hands. He is the Word of life. This one who is life itself was revealed to us, and we have seen him. And now we…
Keeping in Stride:: 1
My wife and I are “hand holders.” We always have been. We hold hands while watching television and when we go to the movies. We hold hands when we ride in the car together. We hold hands when we walk together. The interesting thing about holding hands while we walk is that I’m exactly 12…
The Parable of the Fishless Fishermen
I came across this dated piece last week. I don’t know the original author, but thought it was good and wanted to share it. Now it came to pass that a group existed who called themselves fishermen. And lo, there were many fish in the waters all around. In fact, the whole area was surrounded…