My music folk were hanging and planning some future worship when our choir director Jim asked, “So… what’s like the future of the church? Where are you taking us?” Sometimes the words just aren’t there. That’s why we invented art! The picture on the left comes from the street artist Banksy. I love this picture.… Read More »
RE: Church
This fall we will have a new educational series! Regarding: Church! What is this thing called church? Why is our worship structured the way it is? We will take some time and delve into these questions. Why? To remind us of why the liturgy is the way it is and help us go deeper into our… Read More »
4 Keys to Membership
Our fall new member classes will be held Monday September 17 and 24 at 7 p.m. and New Member Sunday is September 30 at whatever service our new members attend. I LOVE new members! I love old members too… and people in general come to think of it. The most frequent question I get is… Read More »
Experiments and Failure
We had a baptism on July 1. It was awesome and epic and sacred! Yet something didn’t sit right. It had nothing to do with the family, the practice of baptism, or how we as the church view the sacrament. It had to do with me. Let me explain. I am trying to figure out… Read More »
Community
In a recent sermon, I stated, “Virtue ethics are harder to measure. Virtues deal with character, it’s not measurable, it’s only experienced. You can only tell you have a certain virtue when you’re around other people. I’m the most patient person I know, when I’m alone. “Put me in a line or have me wait… Read More »
Imagining Church Vitality
This past fall, I was invited by my friend and colleague, the Rev Courtney Clayton Jenkins to give a presentation on Church Vitality at her leadership summit. Pastor Jenkins is the amazing leader at South Euclid United Church of Christ, a church that is growing, vital, and an amazing example of a community of resurrection.… Read More »
Bad Farming
Delivered on Wednesday, March 7, 2018 as part of the Medina Ministerial Association ecumenical worship. I’ve been around growing things long enough to know what’s good practice and what’s not. I know enough to be dangerous. I know that today’s parable is bad farming. This sower is just sloppy. He didn’t prepare the ground. There’s… Read More »
Lenten Practices
Sermon given on Ash Wednesday, February 14, 2018. My family motto should be, “Someday.” Growing up, I was a big fan of the Disney Channel. Hey ma, can we go to Disney World? Someday. I picked this up and started saying the family motto. Hey Luke, a couple of us get breakfast before school, would… Read More »
Three Things 2018
In the last post, I detailed how we did for the 2017 Three Things. Now it’s time to talk about what issues God has placed on my heart for 2018. 1. The Double-Down: This is a concept from Rob Bell. The idea is to look at the mission of our various committees and teams and… Read More »
Annual Review 2017
This has been an eventful year, and as is tradition in this time, it’s good to review and see how we did. I spoke back in June how I do Three Things. In this post, I’ll review how things shook out. In my next post, I will then give you my NEXT three things. Luke’s… Read More »
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