Monthly Archives: April 2017

BLOG 4/29/17. THE CHURCH IS INEXPLICABLE IN MERELY HUMAN TERMS The emerging generation (GenZ) has the proclivity of being incorrigible in its questioning of past patterns and paradigms, and awesomely innovative in creating unimaginably fresh and encouraging solutions, paradigms, and … Continue reading →

BLOG 4/25/17. THE EMERGING GENERATION AND THE ENIGMA OF THE CHURCH Don’t be surprised if those who make up the emerging Gen Z (or iY generation) look at you with puzzlement if you raise the subject of the church  with … Continue reading →

BLOG 4/22/17. RE-CONCEIVING THE CHURCH … AND THE ALL-CONSUMING THEME OF INTERPRETATION My purpose in these present Blogs is so totally outrageous that it is almost laughable, but then it has been brewing me for decades—even so it is totally … Continue reading →

BLOG 4/18/17. ALONE: NOT THE WAY IT’S SUPPOSED TO BE I’m always intrigued by the observation by so many that one of the most common quests of men and women today is the quest for authentic relationships. It is because … Continue reading →

BLOG 4/15/17. RE-CONCEIVING THE CHURCH FOR TOMORROW’S CHILDREN Greetings on this Easter weekend. At this point I want to give my faithful readers, visitors, and subscribers, a glimpse into where I intend to go in my forthcoming blog posts, … … Continue reading →

BLOG 4/11/17. GOOD FRIDAY? WHAT THE HELL? Christian folk around the globe celebrate this week as Holy Week, and will somberly observe this coming Friday as: Good Friday, i.e., the day that Jesus was executed by a collusion of the … Continue reading →

LOG 4/8/17. THE CHURCH AND SELF-SACRIFICING LOVE (CONTINUED) The theme I pursued with my readers on the last Blog deserves a bit more clarification. The reality is that all too many existing churches never spell out to those coming into … Continue reading →

BLOG 4/4/17. THE CHURCH: SELF-SACRIFICING LOVE, … AND A SENSE OF HUMOR A life, such as mine, spent in church leadership soon teaches one that he/she needs a great sense of humor. Persons engage the church with all kinds of … Continue reading →

BLOG 4/1/17. THE CHURCH: SPRINGS OF LIVING WATER, OR STAGNANT POOLS? In a humorous exchange with in irrepressible fellow pastor a few years back, we were discussing some mutual friends who had become part of the Christian community which I … Continue reading →