Tomorrow is the big day – Summer Fest 2007 at Resurrection. Nicole and I did some pre-shopping at the rummage sale today. Nicole found a sculpture / candle holder for her office. We picked up Stratego (unused!), a valance, and a bowl and some stones to hold our unity candle at home. All this for […]
Sometimes I think there is a dichotomy that is set up between planning strategically for the future of a congregation and for allowing the free flow of organic growth or entrepreneurship. I believe that this is a false dichotomy. On Monday, I wrote a post about Avoiding Mad Church Disease that linked to an article […]
This morning my use of Highrise was featured at the 37 signals Product Blog at the post – Pastor uses Highrise to keep track of interactions with his congregation. I have found Highrise to be a great tool for ministry. Thoughts of Resurrection contains my thoughts on faith, life and ministry. Feel free to browse […]
There has been a lot of conversation recently about the relationship between the Roman Catholic church and other denominations. I invite you to take time to read a couple relevant articles: Pope approves document that stirs Protestant criticism (The Kansas City Star) Vatican reaffirms Catholic primary: Document cites “wound” in Orthodox, Protestant churches (The Washington […]
Joseph at Step by Step has great questions, suggestions and thoughts about boundaries at The Simpsons Teaching Me About Boundaries in Ministry. Dave at davepullin writes an excellent assessment of the Worship Production Process and the interaction between the creative process and the production process. Good stuff and welcome to the blogosphere. Church Communications Pro […]
Last week, I signed up for the Everything Must Change Tour at DeepShift to be held in Kansas City, Kansas in the spring of 2008. I am particularly interested in this event, because I am passionate about the renewal of mainline Christianity and in particular the United Methodist Church in Kansas. I believe that shifts […]
Last week, I wrote about Mad Church Disease – the website and book project by Anne Jackson. In that post, I wrote about my experience of working at Resurrection and hearing that there have been many changes in the way in regard to staffing over the past few years to avoid some of the symptoms […]
I was the worship leader at the 7:45 AM service this morning at Resurrection. This is a service that is held in Wesley Covenant Chapel, which is the space that was the first worship space that was constructed for the congregation. It has been through several iterations as building has progressed, and is now a […]
This summer Nicole and I have enjoyed fresh vegetables weekly from the Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program from the Kansas City Center for Urban Agriculture. Basically we paid a set amount of money up front and now weekly throughout the summer pick up a bag of fresh vegetables – whatever is in season. It has […]
As I struggle with this at times, I found How to Control Perfectionism at wikiHow to be instructive and convicting. Thanks to terrystorch.com for a link to this fascinating project – 6 billion Others. Ben Arment at History in the Making has a great, short post about church size and the real purpose for hard […]
In the United States we celebrate Independence Day today. What is the true freedom that we celebrate? Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” They answered him, “We are Abraham’s descendants and have never been slaves […]
Mad Church Disease has been burning up the blogosphere, at least the little section that I read. (See links below) This is a site focused on the phenomena of burnout for those that are in ministry. The site includes a survey for those in ministry, spouses of those in ministry, and volunteers in ministry. It […]
Rev. Andrew Conard 