On Hammers, Cars, and the SBC
Kevin continues to write about his church’s trip to the Gulf coast. Surrounded by devastation and reading about the recent IMB trustee meeting, he laments the meaninglessness of denominational politics. Devoid of meaning? No, I’m not buying that. Way less important than most of us think? Absolutely. The SBC and it’s entities are tools; nothing [...]
Random Thoughts
Random Thoughts on the SBC, IMB, Life, the Universe, and Everything. On the next president of the SBC: I can’t really see too much difference between the two candidates. Both are pastors of a mega-church; both are committed to missions; both have their supporters who claim their man to be the epitome of integrity and [...]
Transitions
Sometimes the most interesting conversations in blogs are the off-topic comments in a post. That happened a couple of weeks ago in Art’s blog (12 Witnesses) A commenter asked, “If you were a church’s leading candidate for its vacant senior pastor position, how much leadership would you hope that the associate ministry staff would have [...]
Marriage Counseling for One
I have a client who wants to save her marriage; she comes in by herself since her husband, thus far, refuses marriage counseling. She says it’s because he sees no need to change; after all, she’s the one with the problems. I believe it is possible to positively impact a marriage even if only one [...]
Stress in the Ministry
What does a congregation do when they believe the pastor is approaching burnout? My pastor is a great guy. I didn’t have the opportunity to really get to know him the first four years we were members of the church because I was serving elsewhere as an interim pastor. The past year has been a [...]
Emotional Affairs
Definition of an affair: A relationship with a member of the opposite sex, where one shares things (emotional and/or physical intimacy) that should only be shared with ones spouse, keeping all or part of that relationship secret. There is a story that’s been around for years about a conversation between a wealthy old man and [...]
Questions about CP Giving
I stated last week that I would refrain from writing about the SBC until I had “something halfway original” to say. Rather than repeat what others have said, let me draw your attention to these posts on Cooperative Program giving: Marty, as usual, posted his ideas early (February) and thoughtfully. A more recent comment is [...]
Mastering Marriage: Part I
Part one of Mastering Marriage, For Every Couple Who Wants to Grow Happier and More in Love Each Year covers the first four chapters. So far, it’s been a quick and easy read. Mike and Charlie (yes, they are a husband-wife team: “Charlie”, for reasons I don’t understand, is a nickname for Carol) take four [...]
CP Giving
Wes Kenney (Called According) has been looking into the CP giving records of the churches of men whose names have been bandied about as possible nominees for SBC president. Noting a general decline in the percentages, Wes asked if anyone has ideas re: why this trend? My comment, assuming Wes was referring to the trend [...]
Mastering Marriage
Last year at the Smart Marriages conference I responded to an opportunity for a free book: all I had to do was provide a review. Mike and Charlie Brown are a married couple who have written Mastering Marriage, For Every Couple Who Wants to Grow Happier and More in Love Each Year. The review at [...]
