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    For the Children’s Sake…Don’t Waste the Summer

    Consider these often overlooked sides of summer and see how each one presents you with a rare opportunity to engage your community, serve your families and perhaps, as a by-product, boost your summer attendance.

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    If a pastor isn’t careful, they will only preach on the things they find important. This can be good and bad.

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    In an age of disenchantment, a world in which people are starved by superficiality, we need writers and pastors and artists who can feed us with the wonder of existence.

    God’s Metrics

    God’s metrics are not our metrics. The way in which we seek to measure fruitfulness and faithfulness is often quite skewed.

    Andrew Stanley’s Sermon is a Joke. Literally

    Andrew Stanley is doing stand-up comedy. The son of Andy and grandson of Charles is doing a series at one of his dad's church's titled, "Your Life is a Joke." Andrew has been doing stand-up comedy around Atlanta for two years.

    New Zealand’s Anglican Church to Bless Same-Sex Marriage

    Anglican beliefs on homosexuality are changing. In New Zealand Anglican priests will now be able to bless or refuse to conduct same-sex marriages or civil unions without penalty.  Same-sex marriages, however, are still not permitted to be conducted in churches.

    Criticism: A Pastor’s All-Too-Common Companion

    Paul has a lot to say about redemptive suffering in 2 Corinthians. That's encouraging because the criticism pastors experience has a lot to do with why being a pastor is one of the most stressful jobs there is.

    Thom Rainer: How Relational Is Your Church?

    “Guests often say this is a friendly church if you know each other…it’s the holy huddle.” - Thom Rainer