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Pastor and Grandson Double Duty

Pulling Double Duty Can Be a Heavy Burden

In the fall of 2002, my father-in-law passed away.  I was responsible for the funeral and also for trying to comfort my wife and her family.  Following the graveside service, I found myself standing beside my wife after delivering the benediction when I noticed her father’s family.  They were still seated in front of the casket when I realized that normally the pastor usually gives some final encouragement at this time.  It then occurred to me that I WAS the pastor and immediately went to them to offer more condolences and words of peace and comfort.  It was hard pulling that double duty, but fulfilling.

My grandfather died the week after Thanksgiving in 2009.  He had a stable church home and a wonderful pastor who ministered to him until the end.  I was grateful to share in the service, but not in the same types of pastoral responsibilities that Rev. Honea did.  I was able to [Read more…] about Pastor and Grandson Double Duty

Stephen Baldwin, I am Second

I love this “I Am Second” video from actor, Stephen Baldwin. We are using it in this Sunday’s service at Oakway United.  The message from Acts 26 and putting off becoming a Christian.  I hope Stephen’s story inspires you as much as it has me.

The Techology Show Interview with Mark Batterson

As most of you know, I co-host the Techology Show every Wednesday morning.  Today, we had the privilege of interviewing Pastor Mark Batterson about his latest book, The Circle Maker.  It was a great time of sharing and speaking with one of my heroes.  If you want to win a copy of the book then @mention @techology before January 11, 2012.  The drawing will be held January 12, 2012 on a special edition of the show when we interview another great author, Kem Meyer.

 

Passion: Here for You

I’m a big believer that music feeds the soul.  Feed your soul angry or depressing music and you will find your mood matching it.  Some music is great to work out to because it’s rocking and motivating.  Who doesn’t want to run or hit the weights when “Eye of the Tiger” is playing?  I look for music that pushes me to fulfill my purpose with passion.  For some time, Passion has been putting out some of the best worship music around.  I’ve yet to purchase a bad Passion album and(though I was late to the party) “Here for You” might be their finest effort.  Only on a Passion CD can you find [Read more…] about Passion: Here for You

The Church and Technology

It’s been a great blessing to be a part of the Good Morning Show on 760 AM in Nashville, TN. David Gould and Rachael Sain are the co-hosts and I have known David through the Wesleyan Church for some time. He’s a frequent viewer of The Techology Show and from that “Tech Talk Tuesday” came about.  On December 28, 2011 we talked about how church’s can use technology in the coming year.  There are lots of challenges rural churches face in the use of technology.  I’m a rural pastor who believes technology is a gift to reach the world.  Here are a few things we talked about this week:

  • Just this week our church created our new website using WordPress(and BLUEHOST.COM).  We including a link to our Twitter account and Facebook Group.  It’s still under construction, but our main goal was to get directions and sermons up initially.
  • We are also utilizing YouVersion to provide interactive sermon notes during worship.  This week I could access the notes online, but not through my phone which was a bit of a let down.
I encourage you to listen to the whole show.  My segment starts around the 27:00 mark.