• Bill Hybels Discusses Homosexuality & Howard Schultz’s Decision to Withdraw from Leadership Summit

    via youtube.com Here are the full comments from Bill Hybels. Pretty much exactly what I predicted and expected — gracious and a good model. On the specific issue, I would say I agree with Hybels about 90%. The only major difference between what h…

  • Don’t Blame Howard Schultz

    The twitterverse and blogosphere are a buzz (at least within an active subsection) about Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz’s decision to withdraw from Willow Creek’s Global Leadership Summit this year, apparently under pressure from gay-rights groups. …

  • Willow Creek, Gays & Starbucks — Oh My!

    Tomorrow I will be attending the Willow Creek Leadership Summit, along with over 100,000 other leaders from the church world, non-profit sector and business. One of the speakers I was excited to hear from was Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz. However,…

  • Vacation

    I am going to be away on vacation for the next two weeks… so no blogging! Enjoy and see you in a couple of weeks.- Ben

  • Encouraging Note

    The other day, I got this encouraging note from an old friend from high school via Facebook: Hey Ben,So glad you “found” me on Facebook. After accepting your request, I checked out your blog, and after checking out the first page and reading about…

  • James Emery White Repents

    James Emery White, mega-church pastor and former president of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (briefly), is starting a 6-part blog series about the issue of homosexuality this week. I have a lot of respect for Dr. White — as an academic and p…

  • Willow Creek Rejects Exodus International

    Pace-setting mega-church Willow Creek, led by Bill Hybels, has publicly and fully disaffiliated themselves from any partnership or support for Exodus International, the leading “ex gay” ministry in the world. Christianity Today reports on the deve…

  • @Table w/Jesus #2, Lessons in Grace: Banquet

    Here is part #2 of the series I am currently preaching at Riverfront Family Church. We are exploring the topic of GRACE: what is it, what difference does it make, and what does it reveal about our Heavenly Father? This message comes out of Luke 14…

  • Would You Forgive? Should You?

    via youtube.com WHAT DO YOU THINK? Post your honest thoughts here in the comments…

  • @Table w/Jesus, #1: Fishing

    Here is the audio from my sermon last week at Riverfront Family Church. Tomorrow, is part #2 of the series. During the summer, the church meets at Wickham Park in Manchester, CT at 10:30 AM. (info here). In case you are curious, you can read about…