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Church Building Usage?

Scott and his wife went to see Falsettos at the Jewish Community Center recently. This raised some questions for them about what are the appropriate uses of the physical space of a congregation. I am not able respond fully to the question for the Jewish Community Center, but would like to respond from what I […]

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Faithful Politics

I saw Carrie, a regular blog reader, this weekend at Resurrection and she had a great request. She asked if I would write on my take on politics sometime here at Thoughts of Resurrection. Politics is a broad topic, but here goes. I attended Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, DC. I thought about and was […]

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Were there really wise men?

I preached this weekend at the 5:00 PM services on Saturday and Sunday night. The text was Matthew 2:1-12, the story of the magi visiting Jesus. After the Saturday night service, a man from the congregation asked about the historical basis for the story of the wise men. He pointed out that I spoke of […]

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Churches: Start new or renew existing?

Last week, I received an email and several questions from Trish, a woman from the Resurrection community. She was responding to the post Will you start a new church? Trish, thank you for your interest and your questions! I hope that you find these responses helpful. Who decides / what is the process to start […]