by Ircel Harrison | Jan 24, 2012 | Opinion
According to an AssociatedPressstory, Kansas House Speaker Mike O’Neal has apologized for an email he sent earlier this month in which he quoted Psalm 109:8 in reference to President Obama: “May his days be few; may another take his place of...
by Ircel Harrison | Jan 17, 2012 | Opinion
In discussing church development, we often categorize churches by size. The most common taxonomy is family size (1 to 50 participants); pastoral size (51 to 150 participants); program size (151 to 350); and corporation size (351 plus). Now this may seem a little...
by Ircel Harrison | Jan 10, 2012 | Opinion
I once worked with an associate who said that whenever I walked into his office with a certain smile on my face, his first thought was, “I am about to be stretched again.” Flexing our physical, mental and spiritual muscles to reach that which is just...
by Ircel Harrison | Jan 3, 2012 | Opinion
When I was a Baptist campus minister, I often attended meetings where speakers said, “Missions is what holds Southern Baptists together.” Missions was proclaimed as the primary motivator for working together, and some would even proclaim that Southern...
by Ircel Harrison | Dec 15, 2011 | Opinion
A friend recently shared with me a book written about 20 years ago by Henri Nouwen titled “In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership.” Nouwen was one of the most prolific and popular spiritual writers of the latter 20th century. He wrote...
