Another picture from the “Gal Friday” gig

Our own, “Gal Friday”

If you’ve ever been to Southbrook Church then you know we have the greatest musical talent around. Seriously, I’ve been to A LOT of churches (forget churches, I can throw in concerts, TV and American Idol for that matter) and have yet to see this much talent in one place! Southbrook has more than 7 […]

Bonded together by mutual disdain for one another

Ahh, r-e-l-i-g-i-o-n. Doesn’t the word just give you warm fuzzies all over? Few things can make you feel more pure joy than this, right? Maybe Disneyworld? Nope, religion’s more fun! What about denomination? Ok, ok, that’s another fun one but that wasn’t really fair since denominations are sort of like religion’s evil twin brother. How […]

It never gets old

I’ve just finished teaching my gazillenth membership class at Southbrook. What a great group! I can honestly tell you that it never gets old and the people tell me that they love it every time. I wonder if they know that it’s as fun for me as it is for them. Know why? Because every time  […]

Does membership matter?

Every now and then I’ll have someone still ask me if membership really matters. It’s a fair question, especially in light of living in a culture where clearly it does not. I mean, think about this with me for a moment.How many things are you a member of whether loosely or officially, where it really […]

Black is White, Up is down, and Falwell was ?

I’m stunned.And I feel a bit stupid for falling for the same routine again. I’ve felt like this for 2 days.I still felt that way this morning. And I looked in the mirror and saw that little had changed.I looked the same—> Why do I keep believing that mankind will surprise me and do and […]

Living on a prayer

When it all comes down to it, any ministry worth squat needs to be able to honestly say this. Think about it.If you attend a church where the leader is charismatic, influential, bold, promises the sky and the moon and helps people raise their life game to an ‘A’ level, BUT does not pray. You […]

Whose Ready to Face the Giants?

What if I told you there was a good chance (around 100%) you will be tapped on the shoulder (by God) in the next several months to go forth and face some GIANTS with nothing more than a Remco slingshot? Or, at least it seems to you that you have nothing more than a slingshot. You […]

Why can’t I see it? Final Installment

Hi my name is, fill in the blank, and I’m a recovering, fill in the blank. Why is it so important at these meetings to say this in front of everyone else? Is it just to humiliate? Finger point? Belittle? Sufficiently break like you like a wild stallion? No. The reason is so that each individual […]

Why can’t i see it Part 2

  The other day I listened to a few new tunes from the band, “plankeye.” Did you catch that name? Plankeye I love it! It’s a take off this scripture, http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%206:41-42;&version=65; where Jesus tells a group of pharisees and hypocritical religious leaders to figure out how to extract the giant 2 x 4’s in their own […]