New Name — Same Old BAD Idea. “Friends with Benefits” (Uncovering Relational Myths). This is the title and tagline of our next series. I know. I know. pallen@southbrookchurch.com Now that we have that out of the way, let me tell you why we are doing this. There are many reasons: I heard this discussed the […]
READ MOREIt never gets old. I love seeing people from all walks of life—from brand new believers to seasoned veterans taking the many classes we offer at SCC. We have 101 for those fairly new to Southbrook (Discovering Southbrook), 201 (discovering the Spiritual Habits), 301 (Discovering my spiritual gifts) and 401 (discovering my mission). I just […]
READ MOREOk, I know that weather predictions aren’t usually all that stellar, but there seems to be a slight chance we will have at least some slush, oops, snow later today. So you might want to come to the Saturday evening service this weekend (tonight) since it might look white and fluffy but the roads should […]
READ MOREFor the 3 of you who care to know where my last post was heading, here it is. I left off saying the following: Little dogs are lot like timid believers, a lot like scared Christ followers. And groups of little dogs are a lot like little groups of inward focussed Christians. They want to […]
READ MORE“Sweat the Small Stuff,†continued… Some people are afraid of dogs. When I was 7 I was one of them. I got bit by a frothing, rabid, mad, lunatic of a dog known as a dachshund. Hard to picture? Remember (those of you rolling on the ground laughing at me right now) I was SEVEN, […]
READ MORELet’s play word association. I say Dog. You say _____. You say up. I say down. Ok, those were too easy. How about this one? I say Titanic. You say _________. Right, Rivets! What? You were thinking more like, iceberg? Okay, okay, so most people would probably say iceberg, but if you did, that probably […]
READ MOREAnother weekend where the services were standing room only! And, as I promised, I issued a challenge to the people to actually be the SALT of the earth that Jesus told us we were. And you responded! Dozens and dozens signed up for classes this coming weekend! Over 50 people showed up at our Southbrook […]
READ MOREThis is actually a follow up to my middle of the night post yesterday, the other side of the same coin… All that restlessness over wolves among sheep…read here to catch up. I’m not finished sorting through this one. I mean, sure we need to be careful to identify wolves because some can merely be […]
READ MOREOh God, please , No! It’s 4:52 AM and I have to preach the first of 3 sermons in just a few hours! I need my sleep! Not buying it? Ok, I’ll get up. And so it goes. It’s familiar territory for me. And whenever I lay in bed with the Lord’s voice whispering over […]
READ MOREHere is the final part to this looooooooong (but hopefully enjoyable and informative) series. That’s the good news. The bad news is that it has a part A and a part B. This is part A. Thought I forgot about it, didn’t you? Well, I didn’t. I just couldn’t quite figure out how to keep […]
READ MORE