Month: September 2010

I posted on David Fitch’s thoughts on the early stages of church planting yesterday here. I think he is 100% correct. In the same post, he offers two important follow-up questions for the young church plant: A) Do we need a pastor or a community o… →

I am passionate about church planting and deeply admire church planters. Getting the chance to lead a church plant has been the greatest privilege of my life. I have a particular passion for church planting in New England, and area that historical… →

Last week an interesting thing happened to me… I got a call from a friend in Florida pretty early in the morning. He was just calling to see if I was OK. He was concerned because he had read a posting on my Facebook page that he thought was pret… →

This weekend I faced the kind of decision that millions make every week — whether to go to church or not, and which church to go to. One of the things that is true is that the real competition is not whether someone will go to your church or som… →

One: When we remember the stockbrokers, office workers, maintenance workers, bystanders, window-washers and all the others who worked together so valiantly to help each other, we can say together,All: We remember great courage.One: When we recall … →

[The following letter was sent from a group of clergy in Manchester to Rev. Terry Jones regarding his plans to burn Korans on 9/11. As of now, it seems like he has called off suspended those plans. This letter was also sent to the Hartford Courant… →

Today I worshiped at a small synagogue in North Adams, MA, for Rosh Hashanah. As a Jewish follower of Jesus, I find the Rosh Hashanah liturgy beautiful and powerful — and disconcerting. It is disconcerting in that it is filled with confession, pl… →

To those who celebrate, happy Rosh Hashana and may you have a sweet new year! I will be away today and tomorrow with family. My computer died yesterday and just picked up the replacement, but have barely gotten it configured and set-up yet, so I w… →

James Dobson’s Focus on the Family — a conservative religious advocacy organization — has decided that its next target in the ongoing culture war is LGBT teens who are bullied at school. FoF has started a major public relations push to attack an… →

Take 4 minutes and watch these three videos… THOUGHTS? [www.militaryreadiness.org] →