Have you ever had the “naked” dream? The one where you show up somewhere public only to realize that you must have forgotten to put any clothes on? I had it for the first time as a pastor a few weeks ago. I was, for some reason only my dream knows, sitting in the back [...]
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January 22, 2008
Creek Dunking
In the “old days” Little Mountain, much like many churches at the time, had no baptistry. For those of you who do not have any idea what “baptistry” means I’ll briefly explain. A baptistry is a dunking booth for baptisms. Really. The Greek (”Really? You’re bringing Greek into this?”) word for baptize means to immerse, [...]
January 4, 2008
Time for Another Goodbye
This past Sunday our Music Minister of 7 years announced his resignation effective January 27th. Jay, we will miss you here at Little Mountain along with Brenda and Miranda. Over the past 10, wow almost 11 months, I have enjoyed working alongside Jay. He has helped me in more ways than I can count to [...]
January 3, 2008
Participational or Parasitic?
Reflections on the message tonight. I read today in 1 Chronicles 13-16 about how David led Israel frequently into times of corporate worship. Of course once there, it was the Levites who led, but David called “all of Israel” together many times to worship and celebrate God. It got me thinking along several lines, but [...]
December 28, 2007
Goals for the New Year
I’m not a mega church pastor. If I were being absolutely honest I would say, “I don’t know if I want to be one.” Lots of young pastors have aspirations to be in a large church. They see the steps they have to take to get there. It starts with a smaller church, then a [...]
November 21, 2007
Website Update
Just a quick note to let you know the church website has been updated with a new article you may find mildly amusing. It’s entitled, “Jesus, James Bond, and Christmas.” Intrigued? Even if you’re not, stop by the site and check it out. In other news, lmbchurch.net has received over 600 [...]
September 30, 2007
Ordination
There’s something special about a deacon ordination service in a small rural church. Everyone is so close, and it’s so much a family affair. You see men in tears and their wives as well as I get an opportunity to challenge someone from the Word to serve Jesus. We ordained a very [...]
