Warm Hands, Warm Heart (Guest Post)
Posted by Nick the Geek in All, Randomness on 29. Jan, 2010 | 3 Comments
There’s no doubt about the fact that Christians like coffee. We like it plain, fancy, foamy, creamy, and black. In fact, we like it so much, we wouldn’t know what to do if we didn’t have our morning coffee. It’s so important that church wouldn’t be church if coffee weren’t provided.
Young and Old Warms my Heart
Posted by Nick the Geek in All, Youth Pastor on 23. Dec, 2009 | 13 Comments
Most churches I’ve been in have pretty distinct divisions. First there is the division of the “church” from the “Church.” That is, the entity that meets within a given building is separate from the entities that meet at other buildings in a community. The next division is in the strata of ages. We have children’s church, youth services, young adult groups, all the way up to our elderly groups. Generally each group is formed around common grounds in age, with some additional consideration for life experiences; for example a newly married group might have a pretty wide age range with a focus on the first two years of marriage. This means that not only is the church broken apart from the Community Church it is also fractured within.
Sex is amazing
Posted by Nick the Geek in All, Blog Carnival, Jesus Freak, Youth Pastor on 15. Dec, 2009 | 48 Comments
So I was going to write about this shirt that I love for the blog carnival on “Church” today but I was making a comment at Stuff Christians Like and I realized something about Sex and the Church.
We tend to think that inviting people to church is the solution, and what’s worse we end up spending most of our time inviting people from other churches to our church so our church will grow. Think about it. It is much easier to invite a Christian to your church than a non-Christian. It is also easier to invite a non-Christian than to lead them to Christ yourself. This is the way the church acts as if it is growing when it is really full of cancer and is wasting away … at least in America.
Now what does this have to do with sex? (Click through to find out)
PTCES
Posted by Nick the Geek in All, Jesus Freak on 21. Oct, 2009 | 16 Comments
I am afraid that I might be suffering from Post Traumatic Church Experience Syndrome, PTCES, as well as a great many people I know. PTCES sufferers might notice the following symptoms: Irritability, especially Sunday or Monday morning. Fear of new friends, old friends, strangers, answering the phone … Overeating Under eating Depression Anger Bitterness Backsliding [...]
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