The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America gathers statistics from congregations and publishes a searchable database on the internet. It is called the ELCA Trend report. If […]
For centuries the Church has allowed the clergy to direct mission. It worked for a while, especially when church professionals were willing to labor in the […]
1 Kings 19:4-8, Psalm 34:1-8, Ephesians 4:25-5:2, John 6:35, 41-51 This week’s object is a potato chip (or perhaps a peanut). Eat one yourself and start […]
Who Should Plan Worship? The fallback thinking is that pastors or organists plan worship. Let’s look at worship planning from the small congregation’s point of view. […]