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Consumeristic Christians…
6 Mar 2008One time a guy told me, “I can’t go to a church if I can’t have a personal relationship with the pastor there.” That is ridiculous. Why? Begin rant…
FIRST, the church is NOT about the pastor. Your desire when attending a church should be to get closer to Jesus, not the pastor.
SECOND, it isn’t the pastor’s job to have a personal relationship with everyone in the church. Acts chapter six shows us clearly that needs in the church need to be met by the people in the church! That’s the biblical model…hence, we have our Connection Groups.
According to Scripture the body ministers to the body.
But churches tend to do it more like this: they hire a young buck ready to charge the gates of hell for Jesus and have him do EVERYTHING…literally. He is responsible for unlocking the church, visiting the sick, going to every meeting, preaching, handling needy families, etc etc etc. When he complains they remind him that they pay him well and take care of him and that it is all for Jesus…
That’s why the national average stay for a pastor is only 22 months. Terrible. And when he leaves the church falls apart. People get mad and leave and utter chaos ensues. And its all because they depended on one man to meet their needs rather than doing what the Bible teaches.
Why I LOVE The Connection Church
5 Mar 2008Because we get to take this every week:
And turn it into this:
Awesome.
Schultz Shutsdown Starbucks
In: Creativity|Leadership
5 Mar 2008As you may have heard already, last week every single Starbucks in the world (except for licensed locations like the ones inside of Target) shut down for a few hours. I am SO intrigued by this. And, I think as the church, we can learn a lot from it.
I am currently reading “The Starbucks Experience”. Howard Schultz is committed to the vision of the company and is using the shut down time to remind partners (Starbucks doesn’t have “employees”; only “Partners”) of their first priority to be a “third place” for community, conversation and coffee.
The whole thing has me thinking:
Clutter. Simplicity.
4 Mar 2008Our lives look like these search engines. Sometimes clutter feels like a battle that will never end. At times it makes me want to scream “MOTHER CLUTTER!!!!”
I always admired my close friend Josh Rosenthal because he only owned things he really needed. He only filled his schedule with stuff that mattered. His life looks like Google. I admire that.
Then, I have other friends whose lives look more like Yahoo or MSN. I have met people whose homes you can’t even walk through because they just have so much clutter.
I’m not just talking about too much stuff sitting in our homes…our schedules, offices, and relationships also get cluttered.
Clutter can be an indication of bigger problems in life.
I Don’t Usually Do This…
3 Mar 2008I don’t usually do this when I preach, but I just believe that this is so incredibly important. If you missed the message yesterday or if you need to hear some of it again here are a few options:
* You can CLICK HERE and listen to the streaming audio online. It will come up automatically (until next week when we post the new sermon)
* OR, you can CLICK HERE to see the podcast feed.
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- Sophia Wilson: sometimes i am having some problems when setting goals-'. [...]
- zak: NO WAY!!! TOO COOL MAN! [...]
- Mickey: Nicely done! [...]
- seth pennington: Hey man just wanted you to know that i am very blessed to have a pastor like you in my families life [...]
- Richard Wallsmith: You call somebody, get their voice mail, leave a message, and they never call back!!!! [...]
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