Mar
10
2020
So…
I am sitting down… RIGHT NOW… to write a followup note to the pastor from the lunch we had a few weeks ago. I am writing, generally a ‘woe is me” note about how I have been overlooked in...
Feb
18
2020
One of the things that pushed me to start writing again TODAY was a lunch meeting with my pastor. I would rate it a meh 2.5/5 kinda lunch. The food was good. Conversation was a bit more forced than...
Sep
04
2016
Why are we so constrained for time when we’re not really constrained for time?
At a recent music rehearsal, there was past expectations of taking only so much time to rehearse. Although there was no real reason to quit the...
Aug
31
2016
I’ve been thinking (and struggling) with the notion of church lately. Before you get up in arms about that, let me say that I’m not leaving the established modern Western evangelical church. But there are definitely times where I...
Jun
22
2016
Over the past several years, there seems to have been a “boom” of church plants. They are (stereotypically) plants that happen in a thriving, hip, arts driven cool old part of a metropolitan area. The pastor is youngish, typically...
Jun
12
2016
In fact, if you know the right thing to do and don’t do it, that, for you, is evil. James 4:17 MSG
I’m most likely making a completely irrelevant comparison to this scripture and the “right things” I don’t do....
May
17
2016
I typically just post my own musings, but, I found this post to be extremely interesting about church planting. It’s written by a guy I met and hung out with for a couple of days at GMA several (probably...
Apr
20
2016
I worked in sales and customer service for a manufacturing company for several years. At some point, it became quite clear to me that the most important people in the whole plant were the shipping guys. Shipping guys? Yes....
Apr
04
2016
Church music.
Ugh.
I wage this internal war on how to approach church (mainly contemporary worship) music. I speak openly of situations where I see the lack of excellence. And I struggle with that. Do we put musicians on stage that...
Mar
13
2016
On one hand, I emphasize for small(ish) church worship music teams. Leadership is overworked, so there is a high chance of burnout. Some volunteers are also overworked and thus, have burnout. There are some volunteers who can “fix” issues,...
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