What is a person to do when life is slower than expected and God is silent? Many of the folks talking to me are saying things like… “I really thought I would have a job by now.” “My recovery isn’t going as quickly as I had expected.” “After all of the praying I’ve been doing, …
As a young pastor I very often received comments like, “Always remember to stay out of politics because religion and politics don’t mix.” I am trying to remember if I have received any crazier advice in my life time. First, it is the bozos who believed that religion and politics must be separated that gave …
Sometimes I wonder, “What would I have done if I were serving a local church as a pastor during the time of the holocaust?” ISIS has created a new holocaust. It is my turn to pastor in the midst of extreme wickedness. No longer is it “What would I have done, but what am …
Back in the day I heard Amy Grant singing, “I’ve finally found the reason that I’m happy sad.” This lyric deserves a hearty laugh, I thought at that time. “Happy sad.” Impossible! thought my unseasoned heart. One is either happy or one is sad. Forty or so orbits around the sun later I am starting …
Just been reading a few bloggers who feel their calling is to point out every well known pastor, author, television presenter, or evangelist’s theological error. Viciously these bloggers attack everyone who views a text, doctrine, or experience differently than they estimate it should be viewed. My problem with this approach is rather simple. Everyone is …
In one way, theology impacts every aspect of life. In other ways, it is an entirely different deal altogether. I hold to particular views of soteriology, Bibliology, anthropology, eschatology, and a few other “ologies.” However, I am not sure how God and the NFL intersect or the role sovereignty plays in accidents or how involved …
The need followers of Jesus have for each other has been in the front of my thinking for several months. Reflecting on the Biblical writer’s selection of a body metaphor for God’s church has been good for my understanding of the Christian family. Every system in the body is totally dependent upon the other systems …
MCA is totally fired up about the work of the Holy Spirit that is bringing blessing out of difficulty, benefit out of challenge, and purpose out of aimless living. God works often against and in spite of the dominant story line of the world’s culture. We are collecting your counter stories for two reasons. 1. …
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Several of our MCA team members are energetic participants in the blogosphere. In hope of pressuring them to keep their blogs current, I will list their URL’s here :0) 1. Pastor Blaine Schmidt writes an encouraging and very pastoral blog. Check it out here. 2. Pastor Pam Hodges keeps you informed of the MCA Children’s …
Howard Hansen, MCA’s delightful Youth Director, is the proud publisher of the MCA Youth Ministry blog. Read his latest comments, updates, promotional materials, and deepest thoughts here.