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April 2023

April 07, 2023

Judas: Destined for Hell

Judas has captured my attention the past few weeks. As I have read and reread...

March 2023

March 29, 2023

Expressions of Creativity : The Introduction of Artificial Intelligence

As a writer, I am struck with the capacities and opportunities that Artificial intelligence is...

April 2022

April 08, 2022

Attending a Local Church is Hard for a Former Pastor

I was fired in 2018 from the church that I was serving at for alcohol...

March 2022

March 01, 2022

Church Prayers are Worthless?

I stepped up onto the stage to do my weekly duty of giving the announcements,...

February 2022

February 21, 2022

Only God Knows

This is not a theological post. This is not a post to start an argument....

February 18, 2022

Deconstructing for a Better Spirituality

Deconstructing my own life was pretty easy. I drank alcohol. Lots of alcohol. It tore...

February 16, 2022

Evangelism is NOT a Gumball Machine

I walked through the restaurant and at the front door, there was a gumball machine....

February 11, 2022

The Exclusivity of Jesus is a Farce

For those of you that are Evangelical, you might see the title and think to...

February 08, 2022

Leadership in Crisis

I pulled up to a fast food restaurant drive thru window yesterday. I ordered a...

February 04, 2022

The Bible Translation Spat – A Story

Working as an Administrative Pastor (Executive Pastor was the title, but I have no idea...

February 01, 2022

A Critique of Disruptive Church Trends – Carey Nieuwhof

I recently ran across an article by a prolific blogger and Pastor in Canada. I...

January 2022

January 31, 2022

Fentanyl. A Killer.

I recently ran across an article that was widely distributed on news sources from around...

January 24, 2022

Will the Real Church Please Stand Up?

The Real Church: A Hopeful Future As my days in Bible College drew to a...

January 14, 2022

Leaders Create and Maintain Culture.

Leader. You create and maintain culture. If you are a leader in a local church,...

January 13, 2022

Shifting the Shame and Why I gave up on Preaching.

Where Shame is, there is also fear. – John Milton Shifting the Shame I was...

January 12, 2022

Youth Pastor, You are Dealing with current and future addicts.

Youth Pastor, You are dealing with current and future addicts. I was a youth pastor...

January 10, 2022

Deconstructing Discipleship

The Definition of Discipleship Just google ‘discipleship.’ I dare you. I’m guessing you’ll find -...