WOW! I just saw this story in the news. I know some folks who would be in REEEEAAAAAALLLL TROUBLE!
Author: Charlie Pharis (page 52 of 165)
It’s an all-Diana night! I heard her on Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz this afternoon, and I’ve been in a Diana mood ever since!
…for a self-satisfied, excuse-making, status-quo-loving pastor, serving in a self-satisfied, excuse-making, status-quo-loving church…
About Church Finances…
What about the finances? Do you want Me to give you enough money to meet your pared-down budget? Or do you want Me to call you to an incredible mission and provide what you need to pay for it?
First, a story…
Long, long ago, in a galaxy far, far away, there lived and breathed a race of men unmatched in all of pastoral history. These men were the mighty men of the Redneck Pastors. Much like the Jedi of old, these men were scattered – by schedule and circumstance – throughout the universe. Left to fend for themselves, they very rarely managed to congregate for jollity and mutual encouragement. The northernmost participant in this noble race is one Roger Blackmore, in the far reaches of civilization, otherwise known as LawnGUY-land.
OK, why am I thanking Roger today? Because he’s perfected the art of the gut-punch, along with Andy Stanley. Don’t believe me? Well, you can see for yourself. Twice.
(Warning: If you’re a self-satisfied, excuse-making, status-quo-loving pastor, serving in a self-satisfied, excuse-making, status-quo-loving church, go ahead and brace your abs…your gut punch is coming.)
I’m pretty sure this isn’t an original thought, but it’s a thought that’s on my mind today…
A prayer list isn’t the same as a prayer life.
In case you missed it, my buddy Tony McCollum brought down the house with his American Idol audition! Oh, wait…I think that’s “SHUT DOWN the house.”
That’s what you call “shifting pair o’ dimes.” Let the reader understand…
When you say “traditional” (as in “traditional music”), what do you have in mind?
See, because if you Google “traditional music” you come up with around 111,000,000 matches…folk, Celtic, Japanese, Irish, world, Iranian, Oklahoma City, and the hits just keep on coming!
Whose tradition do you mean?
When you say “choir”, what do you have in mind?
Just wondering…
When you say “organ” (as in, “A church without an organ is not really a church”), what do you have in mind?
Just wondering…