More than any other major rock band, Aerosmith owes its success to hip hop music.Huh?After a stellar run in the late 70s, Aerosmith limped into the 1980s boozed up, drugged out, and on rock & roll life support.  Then in 1986, Run-DMC did a remake of Walk This...

The entire Wash Me! series was about holiness.Yet if we'd called it Sermons On How To Be Holy . . . well, let's put it this way: there have been no need for extra seating and extra parking.So the series built and built and built until its conclusion yesterday. ...

We've played this video every week during the Wash Me! series:It has a) given me time to roll my little table to the middle of the platform! and b) served as a weekly reminder that we are looking together at God's power to wash us thoroughly, to cleanse us completely...

I've been noticing some awfully thin lines recently.Like there are thin lines between:Spiritual passion and mental instability.Doctrinal purity and judgmental hypocrisy.Social justice ministry and works without faith. National / Regional pride and idolatry.Attention...

If you Google the words "Shouting Methodist," you'll discover that the phrase is not an oxymoron.Instead, you'll read these words in the first article:One name commonly applied to early nineteenth century Methodists was "shouting Methodists" - a name Methodists were...

In honor of The French Open, today's Top Five Tuesday involves tennis.And since the French Open happens in Paris, I thought it appropriate to focus on the beauty inherent in the game. So: the top five most beautiful shots in tennis. The list is highly subjective, of...

We've all had relationships that are toxic, haven't we?Romantic relationships. Family relationships. Work relationships. Even church relationships.  Those connections that seem to bring out the worst in us.  And sometimes we bring out the worst in them.Kind...

One of the best things I have learned in recent months is the concept of translating the cause.I gleaned these ideas from our friends at Newell & Associates and their High Impact Volunteer Training.It's not quantum physics, but it is a way of inviting people into...

Most of us view church as analogous to a weekly trip to the chiropractor.What happens in a chiropractor's office?The patient assumes the ready position, the doctor places his or her hands in just the right place, and WHOOSH!  A quick movement, a sharp sensation,...

Did you know there is now a Game Show Network?  All game shows, all the time.Which, of course, gets me thinking:  what are my top five favorite game shows of all time?Here they are: a tribute to that uniquely American contribution to the human condition, the...