Everything listed under: real life church

  • Who Needs The Church, Anyways?

    Community. This is one thing you can’t get from an iPod. Community is the face-to-face interaction, the conversation and the personal relationship... More

  • Responding to Crisis

    As Christ-followers, we often find ourselves in situations where we are out of control. Sometimes we feel like we’re being attacked, as if everyone is against us. But as Christians we have the opportunity to choose how we will respond to those who attack us.

  • Outreach - The Right thing to Do?

    I've been thinking lately about how we as the church view our role in relation to our communities. “Outreach” is a buzz-word that often surfaces... More

  • Spiritual Maturity - Looking Inward

    “It seems that more and more people are confusing spiritual maturity with spiritual elitism.” Several people have responded to this statement with energy fueled by the memories of negative encounters with the “spiritual elite." There are times in all of our lives where we get caught up in what we believe, seeing those who disagree as wrong. So I took a stab at identifying some characteristics in both, in hopes that we all might take a look at ourselves... More