by Mike Parnell | Nov 7, 2002 | Opinion
“Punch-Drunk Love” is a wonderful movie. Billed as a dark comedy, it really is a parable about what family can do to a person. Barry is the grown-up version of the kid who ate paste in your elementary school. That kid was always picked on, and he ate the...
by Ron Sisk | Nov 6, 2002 | Opinion
Just as the final word in real estate is “location, location, location,” so also there is a final word in beginning a ministry. That word is “relationships, relationships, relationships!” First, celebrate your beginning. For church members, the...
by Ron Sisk | Nov 5, 2002 | Opinion
Once, in the process of accepting a call to a very expensive part of the country, we were told that the church would help us with a down payment on a home. But by the time we arrived, the committee members remembered the conversation differently. How do you begin a...
by James L. Evans | Nov 5, 2002 | Opinion
Authentic faith does not emerge because of facts or evidence. The journey of faith follows paths other than the ones taken by history and science. Or as Jesus put it to an early skeptic: “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not...
by James Browning | Nov 5, 2002 | Opinion
No longer an exotic import, Buddhism is firmly planted on American soil. It is growing both in its traditional and non-traditional forms. But this monastery isn’t in Asia. It’s just off Interstate 35 in Kansas City. The Rime Center is one of approximately...
by Jim Royston | Nov 4, 2002 | Opinion
This is a book about church health, pastoral leadership and the value of intentional interims. If a congregation is about to experience a pastoral transition, this book should be a must-read for the parish leadership. The author, William O. Avery, is an experienced...
