At the annual church gathering, a member of Resurrection asked about open physical expression in worship – particularly raising hands or clapping. Why doesn’t it happen more in our worship services? This is a great question. Having participated in leading worship in each of the worship services, I know that they each have their own […]
I was born in the hospital at Lyons and have lived in Geneseo, Maize, Wichita, Salina, Pittsburg, Washington, and Overland Park. I always hope to be living in, into and toward God’s kingdom.
It was great to be a part of a group that lead worship at the Kansas City District clergy yesterday. I arranged a choral scripture reading for John 2:1-10 and Mark 6:30-44 from Today’s New International Version. It is designed to be read by four persons. The change in voices and repetition is designed to […]
Chuck Russell is the Internet Communications Director at Resurrection. Yearning toward the middle, beaten toward the poles As I watch the nominating processes for the 2008 presidential race, I have become convinced that this is a watershed year. In both parties, there is a loud and vocal attempt at the grass roots level to end […]
Ben, one of my good friends here in Kansas City, re-entered the blogosphere at Performing the Faith. He is a brilliant theologian and a deeply committed Christian. I highly recommend that you check out his blog.
This is a preview of a pre-release version of the book Pop Goes the Church by Tim Stevens. It will be available in April 2008. Main Theme The theme of this book is leveraging pop culture in the local church. Tim addresses this theme at the 40,000 foot level, cruises through some personal examples, theological […]
Last night, Barack Obama held a town hall meeting at the Exhibition Hall in Kansas City, MO. I ventured down there with Nicole and a friend on staff at Resurrection. We arrived about 4:30 to find a large crowd already waiting in the lobby waiting to get in – it was packed. We found that […]
Last night, I had the opportunity to meet with the women of the Lydia Circle of the United Methodist Women. This is a wonderful group of women who meet on the fourth Monday of each month. They invited me to visit their group so that they could get to know one of their pastors. I […]
Thanks to all of you who left comments on potential hairstyles. I decided to go with something completely different. This was taken at the Apple Store and emailed to myself via an iPhone. I have heard both that it makes me look older and that it makes me look younger. Making me look older has […]
I invite you to join the conversation for the sermon series Seeing Gray: Faith Morality and Politics in a Black and White World at Resurrection: Post your video responses or opinions at the Seeing Gray YouTube Channel. Join the conversation with Adam Hamilton around the topics in this series. Week 5 – Invitation Week 5 […]
Last night, I had an amazing time with the grief support group at Resurrection. The group normally work through the GriefShare curriculum, and is great community. I was invited to lead the group for one evening. The Holy Spirit was really at work as the ideas for the evening came together that afternoon and really […]
At Resurrection we have officially kicked off the transition for the next generation church management software for us – Arena. A cutover date to the new system is scheduled in mid May. Ian Beyer, network administrator at Resurrection, shared a great idea with me related to this transition. What if Arena were implemented at the […]
Rev. Andrew Conard 