The blog has been a little lonely lately. I have been filling in preaching in the traditional service at University United Methodist Church in San Antonio during their time of pastoral transition. It is good to get a chance to proclaim the Gospel on Sunday mornings though it makes it a little hard to keep…
I woke up in the middle of the night last night and remembered that I had received a text message last week that I hadn’t replied to. It wasn’t the first time this has happened lately. Text messaging is a very immediate means of communications. I almost always answer right away. However, if it is…
I am currently reading Moisés Naím’s, The End of Power: From Boardrooms to Battlefields and Churches to States, Why Being In Charge Isn’t What It Used to Be. It may seem little far from my normal reading list but this book is essential reading for those who want to understand the rapid and transformative shifts that are happening in the…
The original title of this post was, “Criticism is easy, creation is hard.” I wrote that and then looked at it for a while. I realized that it was a good conversation starter but a drastic oversimplification of the truth. The essence of my thought was this: creating something, whether it be a song, poem,…
At the risk of putting myself out of a job, I still have to tell you, technology is not going to grow your church… all by itself. You still have to tell people about Jesus. That doesn’t mean that technology doesn’t have an essential role to play for the modern disciple. My mission is…
This week a colleague of mine shared a fantastic post by Carey Niewhof entitled, “5 Disruptive Trends That Will Rule 2016.” It is a great piece, if you get nothing else out of my post, go read his. I was really struck by the first trend he shared, “Church online will become an advance, not…
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As part of the plan that created the new Río Texas Annual Conference, our annual conference committed to ensuring that all of our local churches have the required tools and infrastructure to stay connected to the conference and their mission field. The unification plan called for all churches to eventually have the internet connection and…
How is technology affecting the way we care for one another as Christians? Maybe you think it is not. Maybe you think it shouldn’t. Oh, but it is. The question is, “Will we choose to make the best of it?” James 5:14 Are any among you sick? They should call for the elders of the…
I am in the last week of my renewal leave. The church gifted me with a three-month leave which began in November and ends on the 15th. One of the things that I committed to during that time was to take a break from social media. I didn’t really set any hard and fast rules…
