Today it’s called “spin.” It’s the art of withholding information and choosing words to put the best possible face on something.

If you’re not supposed to discuss religion or politics, I guess I’m likely to upset twice as many people by tackling this question. But the truth is that my opinion is changing, and I’d like to pass that on to those who have heard me discuss this in the past. I’ve summarized my feeling by [...]

The Dakota Indians say that when you discover you are riding a dead horse you should dismount. But some churches today…

If you get the free Smart Ministry newsletter you saw the first part of my interview with Jud Wilhite yesterday. He and Mike Foster are building a movement around the concepts of radical integrity and radical grace. You and I have needed second chances, and so does everyone else. Then today in Chuck Swindoll’s free [...]

I’m going to be interviewing Chuck Swindoll for an upcoming issue of Smart Ministry and…

When starting his new ministry, Noah was ridiculed far and wide. David had to fight a giant. When starting his, Isaiah had his lips blistered with a hot coal. Jesus was nearly starved in the wilderness while being supernaturally tempted. Paul was struck blind.

Today, I am starting a new ministry.

If you’re a member of Church Volunteer Central, you received the December issue of The Inside Track Tuesday and read in my editorial that it was my last issue.   And today, all members of Preaching Plus were sent this announcement from Group Publishing. So now you know why I haven’t had as much time to [...]

The Vatican just concluded a five-day conference to study the possibility of life on other worlds and its implication for the church. The Rev. Jose Gabriel Funes, an astronomer and director of the Vatican Observatory, presented the results of the gathering today. “The questions of life’s origins and of whether life exists elsewhere in the [...]

The free Tuesday’s Tip emails come from a variety of sources, but I just wrote the one for next week and I thought I would share it with my followers here: We just concluded a fascinating three-part interview with Tony & Felicity Dale (co-authors of The Rabbit & the Elephant) in the free Smart Ministry [...]

Calvin and Hobbes was my favorite comic for many years.  Still is, actually, even though Bill Watterson retired the strip some time ago.  I have every one of the Calvin and Hobbes compilations except the huge, leather-bound complete set.  (If you were wondering what you could do for my upcoming birthday…)  A recurring theme is [...]