by Josh Waltz | Mar 27, 2022 | A Pastor's Heart
This is the seventh column in a series I’m writing to describe our goals and values for corporate worship. If you’ve not noticed by now, let me point out how these explanations are structured. Each value discussion begins with a series of “we believe” statements,...
by Josh Waltz | Mar 13, 2022 | A Pastor's Heart
I’ve been writing an extended series of columns describing our goals and values for corporate worship. So far, I’ve said that we want our worship gatherings to be God-centered, cross-centered, and Scripture-saturated. Two weeks ago, I wrote about congregational...
by Jim Simons | May 8, 2021 | A Pastor's Heart
Fifteen years ago, I read this description of motherhood and never forgot it: “Motherhood is the life-on-life transmission of a God-centered, Christ-exalting worldview.” It’s a definition worthy of further reflection. Motherhood is “life-on-life,” which means that a...
by Josh Waltz | May 2, 2021 | A Pastor's Heart
Spreading is inherent to Christianity. That’s because our faith is centered on news, not advice. Advice is a recommendation about what you should do, usually for your improvement. News is a declaration about what someone else has done, often to your amazement. That’s...
by Jim Simons | Nov 3, 2020 | A Pastor's Heart
When I taught the middle school youth group I asked them, “What’s the answer?” That was easy. Then I asked, “Why is that the right answer?” That was hard. It’s hard for adults, too. The world’s model for handling questions is to prefer your own wisdom, cling...
