Today (Friday the 13th) on CBC radio news I heard of the newest mission that churches have started to use to survive. Cell phone towers in the shape of the cross now adorn buildings called churches. The lease raises $20,000 a year for five years, and then the lease will increase 20% at every renewal. Read more…

I drove past a church building out in the countryside. The parking lot was filled, and the cars were spilling out into the adjoining field. Now no evangelist had arrived. No prophet had come to call the board back to humble service under Jesus. The turn out didn’t even indicate an itinerant healer had taken up shop. The big event that drew the crowds was  Read more…

Almost every group of people who meet as a church use the prayer titled, “The Lord’s Prayer“. Some groups use it every worship. Some people even use it in their personal devotion time.

When I used to lead worship I liked using it. Almost everyone knows it. It moved prayer time from a passive listening to an active speaking. Read more…