Hope no one’s worried that I’m going high church with the Advent themed posts. I simply like the biblical themes which are addressed at this time of year and believe they are a helpful balance to the generally frenetic and sentimentalised rush the 25th. Here’s an interesting on where Michael LeFebvre, a Presbyterian pastor, explains …
Zac Hicks provides an interesting post which contrasts the difference between a calendar oriented sense of time and a biblical worship-oriented sense of time. Hicks folds in the cyclical observances which Jesus observed as grounds for recognising the benefit of recognising some sort of ‘church year’. Helpfully, he then points out the difference between Jesus’ …
When the black dog starts barking on Mondays these are among the notes he strikes. Ron Edmondson warns against trying to eliminate risk from leadership as a primary motivation for the following reasons: Here’s what you have to accept: It will be expensive – You’ll have to eliminate every thing which could go wrong. That …
The first and last of these have proved to be very helpful over the years. Not easy to do, but very helpful. The importance of a of a leadership team of complementary skills and not clones is helpful, too. There are lots of constructive suggestions in the comment thread of the original post, as well. …
mgpcpastor's blog 