by Joe LaGuardia | Aug 31, 2017 | Opinion
Being Christ’s church is no easy task. As far back as the New Testament, churches have been dealing with weighty matters from Bible interpretation to theological wrangling so much that we should not be surprised when some churches fight and split. Scripture...
by Joe LaGuardia | Aug 24, 2017 | Opinion
Lillian Daniel, in a recent sermon on Genesis, told of an Israeli program that required rabbis to study the Torah in groups and learn how to debate its meaning. Debate was not something to avoid, but significant because, as the theory goes, sacred Scripture is too...
by Joe LaGuardia | Jul 14, 2017 | Opinion
Two Baptist leaders from Cuba stayed with my family recently. Maykel Baez Bruffau, pastor of Iglesia Bautista El Jordan and president of the Fraternity of Baptist Churches of Cuba, and Ms. Lissett, a musician and worship leader in a sister Cuban church, visited the...
by Joe LaGuardia | May 8, 2017 | Opinion
Churches not adept in conflict management or basic communication skills run the risk of abusing staff or draining staff energy to the point of burnout. Lloyd Rediger argued in “Clergy Killers” that some churches are so destructive and dysfunctional that...
by Joe LaGuardia | Apr 17, 2017 | Opinion
I came off of a very productive Lent this past season. My Lent involved fasting from politics – from listening, watching, reading and anything having to do with politics. That was a good exercise. Before Lent, I was up too late watching CNN, wasting away in the...
