Pastor Kyle was lamenting his job As his head was starting to throb. He was squeezing a sponge, Had a toilet to plunge. “I was hired to preach, not toContinue readingPastor Appreciation, Indeed!
Category: Worship
On Age and Relevance in the Church
“Our church is shrinking,” they’d whine Average age, seventy-one, a bad sign To avert a disaster A millennial pastor! The average is now sixty-nine The email from the pastor madeContinue readingOn Age and Relevance in the Church
Mixed Messages
On Palm Sunday it was a privilege to perform to over 5,000 people in three services at a church in the Los Angeles area. It has been a while sinceContinue readingMixed Messages
I’ll Take “Christianese” for $500, Alex
I am in a different church almost every weekend. Being in itinerant ministry for nearly 45 years I figure I have been in no less than 2500 different churches, participatingContinue readingI’ll Take “Christianese” for $500, Alex
How to Sleep in a Bed
…and other things we take for granted In the previous blog I talked about our new venture as hosts for an AirBnB apartment in our home. Although I am aContinue readingHow to Sleep in a Bed
The Seven Last Words of the Church
In the 70’s and 80’s I toured with a theater ministry based in Southern California. The director often quipped that the seven last words of the church were, “we neverContinue readingThe Seven Last Words of the Church
Is it Live or…
Remember the old commercial with the slogan “Is it Live or is it Memorex?” The conclusion that Memorex wanted you to draw was that quality of the recording would beContinue readingIs it Live or…
My First Communion
I often tell people I grew up in the church. It’s kind of a foreign concept in today’s culture…especially church culture. A church like the church of my youth isContinue readingMy First Communion
The Greatest Story Of All
I recently had the pleasure to meet Grant Norsworthy at a gathering of artists in Nashville. Grant is a musician, speaker and music/worship mentor (see info box below). We chattedContinue readingThe Greatest Story Of All