Category Archives: Other Stuff
It Can’t Be Ten Years, Can It?
About this time ten years ago an unusual, totally unforeseen opportunity came my way. While teaching a class on Baptist history and polity for Northern Baptist Theological Seminary at an extension site in Michigan, I received a phone call from … Continue reading
What Makes a Church Viable
A visit to a small church of a kindred franchise got me to thinking or re-thinking what makes a congregation viable. By “viable” I mean that a church is at least able to afford a pastor, maintain its facilities, pay … Continue reading
The Christmas Eve Glowstick Service
Christmas Eve found us far from home, visiting our daughter and her husband and their two children, ages seven and eight. After an extensive search of newspaper, the web, and the Yellow Pages for a nearby church not too strange to our taste, we found one about ten minutes away. Continue reading
Hickory Harvest
Every September neighborhood squirrels make their way to our backyard. They come — black, gray, red — to harvest nuts from a shagbark hickory tree that towers over everything. This year our bushy-tailed friends have hit the jackpot. Never in … Continue reading