Yesterday included two events not normally on my ministry schedule:  1) a pre-school celebration for our 2s & 3s classes and 2) a high school girls' softball game, cheering on a couple of young women from our church.So why do I label today's post "Tuesday...

Rock music is full of songs named after . . . females.(Note: I almost titled the post "Named After Girls" but that's politically incorrect and I then almost opted for "Named After Women" but that's less-than-accurate, so I opted for the non-offensive and...

Back when I was in seminary and serving an internship in a small church in central Kentucky, the pastor let me preach on the second Sunday in May.  So I did.  I have no idea what I preached about.Except that I didn't preach about mothers.Afterwards, I was...

So it's Week 2 of Old School.And honestly, if we don't get this one right, the rest of it all falls apart.What does it mean and what does it not mean when we say,And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord?The answer might surprise you.Sunday.8:30.  10. ...

Our church recently installed what could be called, for better or worse, Christian Muzak.Which means that throughout our hallways and lobbies and bathrooms there is a continual stream of contemporary Christian pop music.  Subtle yet unmistakable.Whether it's the...

Behold Jerry Seinfeld's observations on winning a silver medal at the Olympics:And that's his genius: he sees deeply into the absurdities that most people barely notice, much less take time to reflect on.  Then he says what he sees.Really, what he gives...

There are relatively few places in our immediate area (Steele Creek, Lake Wylie, Fort Mill) where I can be genuinely incognito.I've lived here just long enough and we are just large enough as a church that it is inevitable someone in any public setting knows that I am...

To help people grasp the scope of creation during yesterday's service on "I Believe In God The Father Almighty, Maker Of Heaven & Earth,"  we showed this video:It helped (I think!) to reinforce yesterday's bottom line:  God the Father Almighty is the...

I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker Of Heaven And Earth . . .  So begins one of the oldest compilations of the church’s beliefs, a bold declaration known asThe Apostles’ Creed.Some of you grew up reciting it in church every week. Others had more...

Sometimes . . . . . . . I have two Nutrageouses after lunch. . . . I wonder if anyone will show up for church on Sunday. . . . I wish I could still have Frosted Mini-Wheats for breakfast. . . . when I'm driving alone and I see yet another of those...