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…Second, this topic of ethnically based prejudice and abuse is important to me because I consider it the second great injustice of our age.  This… Read More »Trying to See Color part III

I want to learn to see your color. Decades ago, I asked a black friend of mine if the goal of being “color-blind” was actually… Read More »Trying to See Color Part II

 How to Plan Your Own Funeral and Protect Your Family  If you’ve never helped plan a funeral, then you may be unaware of the financial… Read More »How to Plan Your Own Funeral and Protect Your Family – guest writer

People leading this resource reached out to me to see what I thought of what they offered, and I was impressed.  There isn’t any payment… Read More »Help.ORG resources

Consumer Mindset One of the greater dangers to honoring preferences when we are considering switching churches is that it give us a consumer mindset within the… Read More »How and When to Switch churches – part 10! (and final chapter)

At our church, we talk about how fun personal preferences are, and how cool it is that God has given us 168 hours a week… Read More »How and When to Switch churches – part 9

Here is an interesting one that I have wrestled with under the heading of Leadership priorities Perhaps there is a “leader” reason that the leadership… Read More »How and When to Switch churches – part 8

Notice, this was more than a mere preference.  This was a priority.  The first kind that I think is an appropriate time to change local… Read More »How and When to Switch churches – part 7

Switching From One Church to Another within the same community I am sorry it took this long to answer the original question, but wow, there… Read More »How and When to Switch churches – part 6

Here are my talks from a really fun Seminar in Houston.  These include some of what I consider my most important material about marriage! http://heritagepark.org/media/279072-1240789-1687454/better-together-marriage-conference-session-1… Read More »Marriage Talks Online

The Way that Personal Responsibility vs.  Preference play into initially choosing a church. It is important to note that I very opposed to the idea… Read More »How and When to Switch churches – part 5

Ok, so even if that list is not complete, those are the kind of things I mean with the word “Basics”. When you are choosing… Read More »How and When to Switch churches – part 4

The basics checklist continues… The mission is the Great Commission.  Is the Great Commission essentially the mission (no matter how it is worded)?  Many churches… Read More »How and When to Switch churches – part 3

It is sad to meet Christians and hear that they have been in a new community for months and have “not yet found a church… Read More »How and When to Switch churches – part 2