I had the opportunity to write the prayer guide at Resurrection this week. The prayer for the day is: O God, you know what it is like to suffer, but now it seems that the suffering of Jesus Christ is overwhelmed by the joy of resurrection. Send your Holy Spirit to comfort and strengthen those […]
It was a great first weekend of Easter at Resurrection. I had the opportunity to lead worship at the 5:00 PM Sunday service. Today was full and I am exhausted. The church is closed tomorrow, which is great – a day to rest, relax and recover. Pastoral Prayer O God, you are the Lord over […]
I have had the opportunity to read The Gospel and the God Forsaken: The Challenge of the Missional Church in Suburbia by Todd Hiestand. You can download the PDF document here. A summary of the paper and my response are below. Summary In this paper, Todd presents an overview of missional church, challenges to missional […]
I had the opportunity to be a part of leading the 7:45 AM worship service this past weekend. This is the prayer which I used in the service: Pastoral Prayer Lord, we rejoice with the people about whom we read in your written Word – waving palm branches as you enter Jerusalem. We rejoice at […]
I heard one of the most convicting messages that I have heard in recent weeks on Saturday night from the Blue Man Group on the How To Be A Megastar Tour 2.0. I really had no idea what to expect. It was a great show with percussion, band, video narrative, antics, and several unexpectedly hard […]
Craig writes about the importance of the environment in a church in It Shouldn’t Matter, But… (Part 1). I think that he is right on here. T.J. has excellent reflections on the perceptions of Christians in culture – Why I Don’t Want To Be A Christian. In the post, T.J. names seven reasons why one […]
Recent rain and warming temperatures have brought increased growth in nature – the grass is greening, the trees are budding and life is returning. It seems that the change of seasons, leads me to reflect on the life of the church. Recently I remembered something that I experience almost every year. When it is in […]
One of the Easter services will be designed for children and families and as a part of this service there will be a children’s message in which the children come down front. This has caused some logistical questions such as: What if children get lost going back to their parents? What will be on the […]
The web information about Easter Sunday at Resurrection has been released. There will be 12 worship services on Easter Sunday weekend here. Part of the planning process for both Easter and Christmas Eve is thinking about how to ensure that there is space for the visitors that are coming to the church for the first […]
This post is in response to the article Fast Friends or Future Foes: The Emerging Church and Southern Baptists by Dr. Mark DeVine. This article was brought to my attention by Cory at Church Communications Pro via this post. Fast Friends or Future Foes: The Emerging Church and Southern Baptists (PDF Document) Dr. Devine’s original […]
This post is in response to the article Fast Friends or Future Foes: The Emerging Church and Southern Baptists by Dr. Mark DeVine. This article was brought to my attention by Cory at Church Communications Pro via this post. Fast Friends or Future Foes: The Emerging Church and Southern Baptists (PDF Document) Dr. Devine’s original […]
This post is in response to the article Fast Friends or Future Foes: The Emerging Church and Southern Baptists by Dr. Mark DeVine. This article was brought to my attention by Cory at Church Communications Pro via this post. Fast Friends or Future Foes: The Emerging Church and Southern Baptists (PDF Document) Dr. Devine’s original […]
Rev. Andrew Conard 