Tim Chester commends an article by Marcus Honeysett entitled ‘A hole in the fuel tank?‘ which takes a look at ten reasons why churches stall. Chester provides highlights from each of the ten reasons. The article contains more material. 1. The church forgets who we are and what we are for … When we forget …
I’ve read and heard this before, but it’s always someone’s first time. Daryl Dash expands on Arch Hart’s advice on ‘Why Pastors Should Consider Working Mondays‘. (ie. not take Monday as their ‘day off’.) Briefly, the adrenal high and resulting drain that follows pastoral activity on Sunday means a lot of pastors simply shamble through …
What’s Best Next is ‘Matt Perman’s blog on integrating the big picture with everyday decisions so that we can do things better in life, work, business, and society’. Interesting quotes and references to material dealing with ‘Making good decisions in life, work, business, and society’. Lots of common grace material here, such as: The First …
“The acting that one sees upon the stage does not show how human beings actually comport themselves in crises, but simply how actors think they ought to. It is thus, like poetry and religion, a device for gladdening the heart with what is palpably not true. But it is lower than either of those arts, …
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