Leaving Behind Your Child

One Sunday, our minister told the story of how Mary and Joseph left Jesus behind at the temple. My husband, Bob, wondered, "How could a parent forget ...

Humor: Paying Off God

Our 7-year-old daughter had just won $2.00 for her memory work in Sunday school. After the morning service, the pastor's wife congratulated her.

Our ...

Humor: God Is on *My* Side

At the board meeting: "So the vote is as follows: Larry, Ruth, Dan, Sid, and Marcia are for the proposal. God and I are against."

Turning Life Inside Out

While other institutions can provide services, only the church offers a gospel that can transform a life from the inside out.

The Birth of the Church

The Christian church was born not in a clever sermon but in a prayer meeting.

Need for Community

I never presume my listeners don't need and want the community created by the gospel.

Moved to Worship

In order for us to worship, our mind, will, and emotions have to be moved.

The Boring Church

Because we have been so willing to accommodate the message of the Bible to the limitations of contemporary culture, the modern world does not regard the ...

Forever Out of Step?

The Rev. Greeley's first two laws of church: (1) When other people have abandoned something we discover it; (2) When people discover something wonderful ...

Kingdom Flight

I am learning that God intends salvation to be more than a ticket to heaven, and that his chief purpose in providing the church is not to transport us ...