Monday is for meeting other churches and pastors. One of my concerns for the church in North America today is that local churches are too disconnected from one another. While there are several highly visible churches, many of the people…
Meet Bernice: an ordinary hero for 45 years
An ordinary hero is a person who quietly (pastors don’t qualify) and faithfully serves. These are people we should honor. Do you know any ordinary heroes? Send them to me at chris theredbrickchurch.org Bernice is one of the sweetest…
Meet Pastor Andrew Ford and Grand Ledge Baptist Church
Monday is for meeting other churches and pastors. One of my concerns for the church in North America today is that local churches are too disconnected from one another. While there are several highly visible churches, many of the people…
What’s changing at local churches
Like them or not, and I don’t like all of them, CT’s blog posts about ways that local churches are changing. Dave Travis, managing director of Leadership Network, offers his state of the church in America, based on recent research…
Meet Pastor Mike Mosier and Zion Bible Church of Douds, IA (You must read the story at the end)
One of my concerns for the church in North America today is that local churches are too disconnected from one another. While there are several highly visible churches, many of the people in our local churches have relatively little awareness…
Future son-in-laws better plan on rings, and Christians better plan to observe . . .
Is your local church observing the Lord’s Supper this Sunday? There is an analogy to be made between a wedding (the outward celebration of the marriage covenant) and the ordinances or sacraments. I have two beautiful daughters (one with blue…
Is your church observing communion this Sunday?
Here are some questions and answers about communion I will be reviewing with the Bricks The question is not where is God present (by itself uninteresting when we are talking about an omnipresent deity), but where God is present for…
Meet Dean: an ordinary hero
Did you know you can subscribe to my blog by email. Look over to the right and there is a place to enter your email address. ****** An ordinary hero is a person who quietly (pastors don’t qualify) and faithfully…
One of the reasons you need a pastor
Shannon Popkin gives a great description of one of the ways your pastor can bless you. Read Shannon’s article and consider her question at the end. I pray that you can give an enthusiastic, “yes.” When I was in middle…
Steve Brown on why pastors need a mean streak
I fully expect to go into an airport sometime and find three rest rooms: one for men, one for women, and one for clergy. Our image—and thus, God’s—is sissified. Steve Brown. “Fear of man will prove to be a snare,…