Treven Wax offers an observation about how to nurture an appreciation for corporate worship in an individualistic culture: In an individualistic age, many people come to church for therapeutic reasons. Does my church help me through my week and give me inspiration and strength? We should not dismiss these reasons for coming to church, but …
A short reflection by Aimee Byrd on an article she read that referred to a study that claimed that when people were asked to rate the strength of various friendships only about half of those indicated felt the same way. What does that teach us about the way we feel about others, and how our …
Peter Ko explains that ‘tiger parenting’ is what happens when parents push their children hard to succeed. He goes on to add that church leadership could fall into ‘tiger pastoring’ and create, either directly or indirectly, thoughts in a congregations minds that they constantly have to strive hard to grow. Usually in a pattern of …
Jon Bloom writes about the nature of the church at Desiring God. Church is never an extension of our agenda. It’s the place where our agendas yield to the purpose of growing like Jesus. Jesus did not design the church to be a place where our dreams come true. Actually, it’s where many of our …
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