The Sunday school lesson was on idolatry. The teacher listed kinds of idolatry including greed, addictions and control. “Anything else you can think of?” he asked. A woman in […]

  Everyone has a mission statement nowadays. Even fast food places. Years ago, I found this corporate mission statement on the McDonald’s website: We’re not just a hamburger company serving […]

  The United Methodist bishop of my conference, Mike Lowry, recently noted on his blog that laypeople are asking him, “What makes a church grow?” When the bishop offers a […]