Category «Church»

The Most Segregated Day of The Week

We’ve come a long way from a time when some people actually owned other people and when Jim Crow laws were enforced to maintain separation between humans having varying degrees of skin pigmentation. No longer do we segregate black and white people from each other by refusing to allow them to use the same public schools, restaurants, restrooms, …

How Much Should We Pay The Preacher?

What would you wish for if you had a “genie in a bottle?”  Surely all of us at one point or another have day-dreamed about that question.  Just how would we use our “three wishes?”   If we were to poll people on the street, I would guess that almost universally, the wishes would go something …

Beware of Preying Preachers

I typically get up early on Sunday morning and go to my office so that I can finalize and meditate on the lessons that I have to present later that day.  However, this past Sunday we had a guest speaker, so I got ready for worship services in a much more leisurely fashion.  I turned …

How To Enhance Cooperation Between Congregations

When two or more congregations exist within fairly close proximity of each other, tensions, jealousies, and rivalries often exist. I don’t think that anyone would affirm that this is the will of the Lord, so what can be done to remove the tensions that exist, and enhance congregational cooperation?  Here are five tips… Communicate with …