Archive for the ‘church culture’ Category

How to resolve conflict in churches

Posted: 30th January 2012 by graham in Church, church culture, smile

Conflict within the leadership teams of churches can do great damage, and reconciliation is not always easy to achieve. This is how the situation was resolved in one church overseas. Could this be a solution in churches in the UK? See here for link.

Do we really believe that the path to eternal life is narrow? So narrow that not even atheist hippy pop stars will make it in? Don your shallow thinking cap and come wander some contours of meaning in this parody of Rob Bell’s Love Wins book trailer. My friend John sent me this and I [...]

World to End Tomorrow

Posted: 20th May 2011 by graham in church culture, Global, My life, news_comment

I have just heard. I am sitting in a coffee shop and was browsing through then news on my phone when I saw it in then BBC website. The world is due to be traumatized by the rapture of all Christians on Saturday according to a crackpot in the USA . What amuses me about [...]

Too Many Older People in Church

Posted: 11th April 2011 by graham in Church, church culture

There are too many older people in the church in Britain, and I am one of them. Has that made you either sit up or choke on your tea? What I really mean is that there can never be too many of any age group in the church, we want to win all to Jesus. [...]

Pure-Design.org for Churches

Posted: 6th April 2011 by graham in church culture, Gadgets, reviews

For a church web site I can highly recommend pure-design.org. Too many churches do not have a web site, and don’t where to start getting one. I have a friend who, moving to a new area, searched on-line for a church to try. He saw that many churches were without a web site. It meant [...]

Bell – Love Wins

Posted: 20th March 2011 by graham in church culture, Global, preach_it!, reviews

I wrote in a previous post about the video launching Rob Bell’s new book. My friend Steve from The Ark suggested I was a mug to kick up a fuss about it, as that is probably what Bell intended so that more would buy his book. Steve has seen the light now though. His excellent [...]

Rob Bell on Heaven and Hell

Posted: 28th February 2011 by graham in church culture, preach_it!, reviews

“What we believe about heaven and hell is incredibly important.” So said Rob Bell in a short video of his to promote his new book ‘Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived’. See Rob Bell’s video – LOVE WINS. I am sure some will watch the [...]