Why Baptism? Or, do Zombies exist?
Read Romans to get a background on this post: Listen to it on your bible app. The walking dead How did Jesus and Paul know we’d be watching Zombies today? There is a fascination with zombies that I frankly don’t…
The Trinity Matters
Why is it that we seem to forget the foundational things in our faith? Why do we get caught up in a certain facet of one aspect of God and then, unbalance ourselves into error? How is it that the…
Why a “Consumer Church” eventually consumes their consumers….
What in the world? Why write such a headline? Here are several questions, to begin with, and then some statements to consider: Questions What is the goal of a church? In Matthew 16, after Peter’s declaration of who Jesus is,…
What Type of Church?
Why are there so many different kinds of churches and is that a good thing? Aren’t we all just shooting for the same goal? A Fuller Seminary School of World Missions professor that I had in the 1980s used to…
John Lynch Interview about “On My Worst Day”
Last year, I spent some time with John Lynch, over zoom. Here are some excerpts that I think you’ll like. You can find John on the web at https://www.johnlynchspeaks.com/ John has an update out to his “On My Worst Day”…
The Path – A Call to Follow
How every path of our own doing ends in the same place, and how the Father has a different path in mind for us. Pre-Adoption and our Paths: Our lives, pre-adoption (pre-salvation), are run by us and our community (family,…
Why does God always want us in a place of trust?
I wrote on this topic right before COVID… Not knowing that COVID was coming. Then, we just went through this past 14 months and I would have never thought my own words would need to teach me time and time…
“I could have got more” – Oskar Schindler
Written on Monday, April 5, 2021. The day that I will officially be done serving on the Board of Directors at Vineyard Church, after over Thirty One years. Friends, This has been a difficult last few days. I’ve been back…
Where we need to go?
The following is an adaptation of the writing I did for the pastor search team at Vineyard Church. It is a discussion of five key trends as we navigate the next for churches. COVID-19COVID-19 Hit and large, in-person gatherings will…
Controversial? Does Your Life Matter?
This message was posted last summer, and received quite a bit of push back. Let me know your comments At some point, you will feel it. It is an ache, a stirring, a longing, or a dull, chronic nagging. “What…
The Kingdom and Choosing
9:24 AM God our Father created in us the ability and the capacity to choose. It is this “will” that God gave us that was not a mistake by Him. It wasn’t that He was surprised when the “will” in…
What happened on 9/11 – A message to the church on 9/11/2020
Message regarding 9/11 and Vineyard Church 9/11/2001 is a day that those of us who experienced it will never forget. On this, the nineteenth 9/11 since that day, I’d like us to pause and remember what changed and how those…
The Message Before the Message – Delivered Jan 9-10, 2021 following the “insurrection” in Washington, DC
The Message Before the Message Friday, January 8, 2021 7:06 AM A video of some us this can be seen below. Many people, experts, pundits, leaders, followers, neighbors, co-workers, clients, and corporations are saying that the events of 2020, culminating…
Owners, Time Shares, and Renters
Ownership? Time Shares? Renters? Monday, February 1, 2021 10:35 PM One of the things that hit me during the interview for Senior Lead Pastor at Vineyard Church – Kansas City was that God builds strong churches when we transfer ownership…
Imagine a Church:
What is the Promised Land? Not a comprehensive list. Just thoughts. 6:08 AM A church where hope and trust in the Lord are palpable. A church where anyone (from any background, culture, sub-culture, or brokenness) who comes experiences love, not…
The New and The Old
Check back here in the coming weeks to find out more about what God is doing. We will have to pray, organize, design, envision, and listen. The Church has an opportunity to step into the world and bring the transformation…