Pulpit Or Picket?

What happens if preachers go out on strike? That's a question some churches in Canada may have to answer if a group of pastors is successful in unionizing the 4,000 ministers in the United Church of Canada, that nation's largest Protestant denomination....

May-June 2005 ~ Vol. 20, No. 6

Communicating with CreativityContents Include: "Communicating with Creativity" by Ed Young Jr., "Messages that Connect: An Interview with Alan Nelson", "One Picture is Worth: A Survey of Video Resources for Preaching" by Michael Duduit, "The Fallen-Condition Focus and the Purpose of the Sermon" by B

Take A Walk On The Wild-Water Side

Matthew 14:22-33 Mary Irwin, wife of former astronaut Jim Irwin, produced a book entitled Seeing the Invisible. Her words challenge people to live a life of faith with Christ, affirming the possibility of a continual awareness of the Lord's presence. The Lord is...

Church

A man was coming out of church and stopped to greet the minister. The minister grabbed the hand of the man and pulled the man aside. The preacher said to him, "You need to join the Army of the Lord!" The man replied, "I'm already in the Army of the Lord, Pastor." The puzzled minister...

Dinner On The Grounds!

Matthew 14:13-21 Danny Bush entitles a chapter in his book Invitation to the Feast, "Dinner on the Grounds." One of my earliest memories is a "dinner on the grounds" at an associational meeting some 45 years ago. That Tuesday afternoon there were four wagons parked beside that small country church, each...

Show Me The Kingdom!

Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52 Remember the line from the movie, Jerry McGuire? "Show me the money!" Some have used it in stewardship campaigns. How about another line that can be utilized in a kingdom campaign? "Show me the kingdom!" In essence that is what the crowds wanted Jesus to do. His disciples...

Impact

Impact (Broadman & Holman), edited by Steven Patty, is written by an array of youth ministry specialists who believe that the purpose of youth ministry is "to develop churched and unchurched kids into devoted disciples of Jesus." If you are ready to take your church's youth ministry beyond fun and...

The Worshiping Life

In The Worshiping Life (Westminster John Knox), Lisa Nichols Hickman offers a series of twenty meditations, each inspitred by an element of worship. Through stories, poetry, and much more, Hickman relates worship to our...