What Makes Church Of The Resurrection So Healthy?

          Being on site at The United Methodist Church Of The Resurrection helps me understand part of the church’s great success. They have grown to 16,000 members in 19 years in part because of their commitment to radical hospitality.
         From the senior pastor to the lay volunteers, everyone at The Church Of [...]

Strength For Life’s Struggles

2 Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain apart, by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, 3 and his clothes became dazzling white, such as no one on earth could bleach them. 4 And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses, who [...]

Are We Going To Make It This Year?

           So there I sat, on the recliner, in front of the television, watching the latest news report of an economy in recession…at Christmas time of all seasons! You know the headlines I saw—job losses, stock market losses, bailouts, bad mortgages, home foreclosures.
            I honestly asked myself a question that night which applied to me, [...]

“To Seek And To Save The Lost”

           I’ve been thinking about my focus for the coming year. Maybe a better word would be “refocus.” A few weeks ago I was reading the Old Testament prophet Ezekiel when God caught my attention and reminded me that our focus as a church should be on the same things that occupy the heart of [...]

Thankful Living Is Healthy Living

11 As Jesus continued on toward Jerusalem, he reached the border between Galilee and Samaria. 12 As he entered a village there, ten lepers stood at a distance, 13 crying out, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” 14 He looked at them and said, “Go show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were cleansed of their [...]

Why I Tithe (Part 2)

           In the last installment I listed 5 reasons why I believe and practice tithing (returning 10 percent of what God provides back to the church to continue the work of God). I am convinced that this is still God’s accepted plan to resource the advancement of God’s kingdom and mission in our world. Those [...]

Why I Tithe (Part 1)

            I was blessed to come to faith in Jesus Christ in a church that taught tithing (returning 10 percent of what God provides back to the church to continue the work of God). Because I was raised with a strong emphasis on the biblical teaching of tithing, it has been part of my Christian [...]