by revnick | Oct 25, 2011 | Reflections, Uncategorized
As you may have noticed over the last few weeks, we’ve been looking at Paul’s letter to the church in Ephesus as our focus scripture in worship at my church. I won’t be posting my entire sermon this week, simply because I didn’t have the...
by revnick | Oct 20, 2011 | Church
Statistics are helpful tools. They show us trends, we learn from them, they help us plan. They also show us the realities in which we live. For the church, the statistics are grim. Aging and rapidly declining membership, no new families, dwindling finances in the face...
by revnick | Oct 17, 2011 | Church
This weekend has been one of those weekends where it felt like at some point last week the wheels fell off. I spent Friday in two different funeral homes dealing with two different families in two very different types of grief. In between seeing the families, I spent...
by revnick | Oct 13, 2011 | Church, Reflections, Uncategorized
It’s fun to sift through my Twitter feed, the news sites, the Youtube video, the stuff that’s gone viral this week… it’s really neat to see what has caught people’s attention. What is it that they think is really cool and show some...
by revnick | Oct 10, 2011 | Sermons
“Playing With The Focus” Ephesians 5 Ephesians 5 is full of wonderful wisdom. The problem is verse 22. “Wives, be subject to your husbands…” and we’re lost. A lot of damage has been done in family situations when this small piece of scripture has been...
