I read an interesting article in the California Southern Baptists periodical – Can Sunday School be saved? With declining attendance in Sunday School based on a LifeWay survey, the article discusses what can be done. Ken Meyers, minister of Christian formation and education at Knollwood Baptist Church in Winston – Salem, NC, said the question […]
I was in the ladies bathroom at church today and politely asked the elderly woman there the perfunctory, “How are you?” She replied, “I’m good, praise the Lord.” I like that. Praise God indeed. Even if we are not well, we know God is sovereign. Praise the Lord.
Warning: Spoiler Alert With a stack of church ministry books to read, I decided to take a break and read my favorite genre. A whodunnit mystery is one of my favorite ways to relax. In this Hamish Macbeth mystery, a lot of people die. Anyone who comes in contact with the murderer dies. And it […]
We can function and live a decent life, even active in the church, “serving God”, and even do a good job in vocational ministry, yet have no real fellowship with God. But I find that if I go weeks without focused prayer (merely surviving on quick prayers and public prayers that are usually impersonal), holes […]