A local church should be a body of people whose only reason for hanging out together is that Jesus loves them and they love Jesus and Jesus has joined them all together. Anything else we share in common is a bonus. The notion that people should be looking for a church on the basis of …
Any time an Australian Presbyterian pastor resumes blogging is good news. Scott Kroeger has given us two posts in three days. Pop over to his blog and encourage him. In the latest of his posts he notes twelve things a pastor wants to hear. There are some things that will delight a pastor to hear …
Yesterday was Shrove Tuesday (now generically labelled Pancake Tuesday). Which leads us into the season some Christians observe as Lent. Look it up somewhere to find the details. The evangelical wing of the Church (us) seems to be developing a growing fascination with practices which our forefathers (and foremothers) had the good sense to realise …
Lots of people are referring to this post (which is consciously framed in a gracious and constructive manner), particularly these three points: 1. If we, the congregation, can’t hear ourselves, it’s not worship. Christian worship is not a concert. In a concert (a particular “form of performance”), we often expect to be overwhelmed by sound, …
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