God and Gadgets

What is the appropriate use of technology in the church?  When does it help and when does it hinder?  C.A. Phillips has written a thoughtful post about the danger of technology becoming a substitute for the real thing, especially in our spiritual life.  The post was inspired by a conversation about someone saying they didn’t need to come to church because they could listen to the church’s podcast. Since...

Let This Mind Be in You

One of my favorite passages in the New Testament is found in the second chapter of Paul’s letter to the Philippians. The book of Philippians is special because of who wrote it, who it was written to, why it was written, and where the author was when he wrote it.  The book was written by Paul, the Apostle to the Gentiles who took the gospel to the world.  It was written to the church at Philippi to thank them...

Between A Rock and a Hard Place

On some level, you gotta feel sorry for Barack Obama. It would seem logical that as an African American, the black community would naturally be inclined to support his candidacy, but the support of the black community in general and the black church community in particular has for the most part been trending toward Hillary Clinton. So Obama, in an effort to reach out to the black church, decided to stage a series...

This I Know

Here are the words to the wonderful song that Alvin sang at the Wave Conference this week.  He replaced the previously planned song in his set with this one, saying he felt there was someone in the house that night who really needed to hear the message of this song.  I can’t speak for anyone else who was there, but I know I needed to hear it.  This simple lyric and Alvin’s sincerity and integrity spoke...

Another Piece of the Puzzle

Science, by definition, is the acquisition of knowledge. The word itself derives from the Latin word scientia, meaning ‘knowledge.’  It stands to reason that if you are in the process of of acquiring knowledge, you, again by definition, are not presently in possession of all of the answers to the questions. Devotees of the Scientific Method frequently forget this fundamental fact and act as if Science...