Many bemoan the future of the church in America.
I’m not one of them. The church might get smaller . . . but I trust that, in the fullness of time, God will do what God wills. By “church” I’m not referring to a specific tribe (Church of Christ, Community, Catholic, Baptist, etc.) but, rather, to [...]

Serving a local church if full of failure and success. In fact, the failures often seem to outnumber the success stories by a good margin.
When God does get a hold of a persons life, it’s important to share those stories. In less than 8 months, Shaun Hover went from local skateboard legend with no purpose, [...]

Part of the focus of my doctoral studies at Columbia deals with the way language shapes reality, truth, and experience. Much of my reading so far explores this topic in relation to White and African-American Communities.
For instance, students are taught in Communication 101, that the first rule of public speaking is to know your audience. [...]

What constitutes a Chick Flick?
I taught at our mid-week service recently on being “in the world, but not of it.” At one point I used the film Chocolat as an example of different ways of engaging culture. The two main characters, the Comte and Vianne, provide a rich example of the difference between religion and [...]

Last night, I sat on a panel with ministers and pastors from various evangelical denominations to discuss “Big Church/Small Church: A Conversation about Church Growth, Evangelism, and Church in the Age of Marketing.”
Once again, Calvin Moore has done an excellent job with putting together this series (House of God).
Some of the ministers represented pastor [...]

Just this week, standing on the corner of Auburn and Rochester Road, was a middle-aged white male. Some of you know who I am talking about.
Normally, this would not draw the attention of onlookers as Rochester is predominantly white. This person was doing something unusual for he wore a large sign that read:
Revelation 21:8 LIARS [...]