Reader’s Digest version of some formerly-fat guy’s talk this evening…
A worthy life is defined by…
- Who I LOVE (v. 37)
- Who’s the LEADER (v. 38)
- What I LIVE FOR (v. 39)
- What I LEAVE that LASTS (v. 40-42)
Category: Church (page 4 of 5)
Overheard today, referring to a pretty well-known young pastor who’s leading his church to some pretty amazing growth…
He’s a crass, arrogant, redneck SOB, but I still believe he’s a man of God, and I believe every word he says!
Came across this quote from General Norman Schwarzkopf…
Your organization will never get better unless you are willing to admit that there is something wrong with it.
Saw this article in the Atlanta paper…what say ye?
Dang! For the last few weeks, every Wednesday night has left me just bummed out! I don’t really know why.
Our students show up at church, and they have a big time. After their meeting, I get to hang out for a while with the world’s greatest student pastor (and for the last month or so, the world’s greatest student pastor’s wife!). We laugh, we talk, we diss each other’s musical tastes, we drink coffee.
But I come home in a funk. And I stay in that funk usually until some time on Thursday afternoon.
No idea why, just wondering out loud, I guess…
If, on the day after you give your talk, you can remember the story, but not the point you were trying to make, chances are neither the story nor the point were worth telling.
Just a thought…
Overheard in some guy’s Father’s Day message yesterday…
Don’t allow yourself to be emasculated by the mistakes of the past or castrated by the current culture…
This from the same guy who referred to Home Life as a “girlie magazine,” and then quickly corrected himself by adding…
I don’t mean that kind of girlie magazine!
Hmmmm….
First, let me say that I was not able to find an old, abandoned, ratty, never-wanted-again rocking chair. I found a brand-new, ratty, why-would-I-want-one rocking chair. But I wasn’t going to spend 80 bucks for it.
Especially since I intended to smash it to smithereens with a sledge hammer in the middle of our morning worship service today.
So I managed to pilfer a rocking chair from our nursery before the service started. A great squeaky, creaky rocking chair. And as it turned out, the fact that our people thought I was about to smash it to smithereens with a sledge hammer was probably more effective than if I had actually done it!
For the record, we’re working our way through Joshua, and today’s talk was on Caleb, and it was called “No More Rocking Chairs,” and it challenged me more than it did my people. Go figure…
(The talk also included a quote from Shelley Winters about nudity on stage, some condescending quotes about older people from some of our local civic leaders, President Reagan’s diary, Roger Clemens, and a double-dog dare. Who said “traditional” churches aren’t any fun?)
Somewhat strange question…and I’m asking it in a couple of online forums I frequent…
Do you guys know of any situations/models where the “main teaching pastor” IS NOT the “main leading pastor?” Does that make sense? Are there any churches that are successful where the entrepreneurial/visionary leader is not the one who is most gifted in teaching/preaching? Or conversely, do you know of any successful churches where the most gifted teacher/preacher is not the most gifted entrepreneurial/visionary leader?
I know that sounds kind of weird, but I’m just wondering…thanks in advance for the help!