Connecting Church and Home

drive conference

Last night my husband and I helped out at a little thing called the Drive conference. It’s a church ministry conference designed to help ministries keep up with cultural demands–so there’s lots of nitty gritty, “this is what we do” breakouts and big ideas in the main sessions with all the staff from North Point [...]

Going to a New Church

When we first moved to Atlanta we were fresh out off of a church staff. And it was not a nice exit. We were moving back home to lick our wounds, enjoy our new baby Lydia and try to figure out what God had for us. As the months progressed, we got more settled in [...]

American. Church.

church

I recently found out that a pastor I have admired since I was a teenager has fallen in a terrible and very gross way. You hear about pastors and other clergy doing stupid things all the time. And it always makes me upset. But when I heard this news, I literally felt bile rise in [...]

Mad About You

Still thinking about todays sermon, based on the story of Hosea and his prostitute wife, Gomer… “But then I will win her back once again. I will lead her into the desert and speak tenderly to her there. I will return her vineyards to her and transform the Valley of Trouble into a gateway of [...]

The Sermon in 50 Words or Less

I didn’t have a pen with me at church today. I wish I did because I really wanted to take notes. This was actually a 2-parter and I missed the 1st week. (Why? Well, it had something to do with my bed and me sleeping in it. But I don’t want to get into the [...]

text:_2

So, it’s Thursday and I’m just getting my sermon recap up. My no internet thing did a number on me! In fact, I wrote this whole post out on a legal pad yesterday. For real. Well, I was in the car. No, I wasn’t driving. Les was in the bank getting a cashier’s check to [...]

d00d, im prolly not as kewl as u

I have loved Jesus my whole life. I have. I don’t remember not loving Him. My earliest memories are of church, singing in our “extended session” after Sunday School, going to children’s church, listening to Christian music at home, talking about Jesus and being involved in the things of the Lord. But I still have [...]