Hubby and I were sitting at lunch with the senior pastor and his wife today, talking about marriage and a video on marriage they were watching. We laughed about how wives give husbands brownie points for doing the things we ask them to do. Or for surprising us with little things or doing an unasked household chore. And they are …
Personal Expression verses God Encounter
I’ve noticed something lately. Church has changed. And I don’t mean in the Emergent kind of way where intellectuals gaze at their navels asking, “Is Jesus really the Christ? Is He the only way?” Yes, in case you’re wondering. Unequivocally yes. My observation of the Evangelical Bible-believing church is we’ve become about personal expression rather than God encounter. Let me …
Dream Team and Sarah
After being out of youth ministry for a year now, I’m starting to pick up a few extra curricular activities. One, I’m on a Tuesday night dream team. We set up in a corner of a local coffee shop and interpret dreams. One team member goes around with flyers telling shopees what we are about-sans the Christianese-and asks them if …