Monthly Archives: January 2021

How to Tell Your Storm to Be Still:

Did the church pass or fail the test of 2020? We are finally in a new year, but I’m not sure we are on the other side of the storm. In the first four chapters of Mark, Jesus lays out kingdom instructions. In Mark 4:35-40, it’s time for a kingdom test: That same day, when…

Holy Spirit Extends Invitation to Believers to ‘Kick It Up a Notch’

The entertainment-driven church calculates success as attendance + programs + offerings x short attention span. Now in a COVID-19 era, the church calculates survival as viewers + offerings x short attention span. Where do we go next? Earlier this week, I wrote down the words, “May the pressing of the ripened grapes bring the sweetest…