What the 21st-Century Church Needs is a Mashup

“Mashup” is not a term I use every day. It comes from the rap music genre in which different types of music are mixed at varying speeds to develop a new piece of music. The process transforms two or more different things into a new creation. Several years...

Making Pastoral Care Central to Church’s Ministry

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the theology and practice of pastoral care in a missional church, and how that is different from pastoral care in traditional churches. And I’ve come up with at least a few questions if not fully formed answers. Here...

Millard, Socks and the Taser guy

A special feature at accessatlanta.com pays tribute to “notable deaths” in 2009. This seems a little premature since a nice chunk of the year remains.Perhaps the person making this tribute was attuned to this coming Sunday being All Saints’ Day, in...

Old friends

I drove to my hometown of Lincolnton, Ga. this past weekend to visit with old friends and acquaintances at a 40 year reunion of my high school graduating class. It was quite an experience. We’ve done some changing.Of the 61 people listed in the program, six are...