by Steve Sheely | Jul 13, 2014 | Pastors Blog
I was so proud of my congregation for participating in this process with such trust. It is hard to find solid numbers, but some things are certain: Older churches are in decline, newer churches are more likely to be growing. Mainline churches are struggling,...
by Steve Sheely | May 13, 2014 | Pastors Blog
This analogy is my favorite one to describe what it is like being a pastor in the 21st-century. Not to mention that scuba diving in Iceland sounds like the most awesome thing ever. There is a lake in Iceland. It is cold and clear and amazing. Amazing because deep in...
by Steve Sheely | Mar 13, 2014 | Family Gardens, Pastors Blog
If we’re not careful our churches, and our faith, can become mostly cerebral. With a prevailing emphasis on didacticism and privacy-in-the-pew, our faith can become more like Greek thought than Semitic practice. Oh, and by the way, I harvested 758 tomatoes from a...
by Steve Sheely | Feb 13, 2014 | Pastors Blog
The analogy I tend to use is ‘overdone’, like a charred turkey ceremoniously taken out of the oven on Thanksgiving day. We are notoriously adept at developing the Christian religion in ways that have nothing to do with what God intended. Perhaps that gives us the...
by Steve Sheely | Dec 8, 2013 | Pastors Blog
What I do not miss is going home after the midnight Christmas Eve candlelight service only to assemble a bicycle or go-cart. What I do miss are the exclamations of delight only a freshly unwrapped toy can bring. Sometimes I am an oaf. Last month a friend was talking...
by Steve Sheely | Oct 8, 2013 | Pastors Blog
This was an exercise in communication. Expressing the scope of the gospel in modern language without Bible-words is difficult but necessary…for preachers and other folks too. Do you know that there is nothing you can do to make God love you any more than he does right...
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