Great Principles My Community Taught Me 60 Years Ago
I didn’t post Monday afternoon. My mother, Annette Barber, was diagnosed with cancer May 31. Hospice started services June 1....
Do(es) Your (Preacher) Elders Have a Job Description?
A young preacher friend had been with a new church about a month. He called one Monday morning asking, “Do...
Reunion With An Intern from Thirty-Three Years Ago
Brian Jarrett graduated from Freed-Hardeman College in the spring of 1985 and came to Dalton, Georgia, to serve as an...
A Singing, Integrated, Joyful Church
From the first verse of the first song, I could tell it was going to be a great singing day....
What Do You Do When You Don’t Know What to Do?
The couple walked in, closed the door, and burst into tears. She’d just found evidence he was having an affair....
Why Would Anybody Do That?
Why in the world would anybody do that? Anybody in his right mind ought to know better than that. They...
New Elders Who Have Been Serving a Year
The time between their ordination and the workshop seemed to be a year late. After further thought, the year gave...
Scanner
What’s a scanner article doing in a leadership blog? After a computer and printer, a scanner is one of the...
Do You Have a Head Elder?
I’m not talking about the elder of the month—the one who leads opening prayer, sets the agenda, and goes around...
“Friendliest Church I’ve Ever Seen” — Cricket Veal
It was a trying, disappointing time. In a few months, our attendance had dropped from near 400 to about 300...
