Random Thoughts…

Dr. Thom Rainer is president of Lifeway.  He has written numerous books on the church, church growth and church leadership.  Over the weekend he posted this article on his blog www.thomrainer.com.  I thought I would share it with you.  Let me also encourage you to check out his blog for some great resources. “It’s Thursday morning. [...]

I read several “tweets” this morning from pastors that I follow on Twitter.  There seemed to be a common thread running through their comments.  In addition to Biblical quotes there was the acknowledgment of the difficulty of Mondays.  As I read their comments it occurred to me that next month is Pastor Appreciation Month and [...]

Sometimes I am overwhelmed by the complexity of life.  Schedules, commitments, obligations, etc – they stress me out!  To be certain, I have complicated my life by allowing many of these things to attach themselves to me.  But I think our culture is guilty of adding a lot of stuff that stresses us too!  Life [...]

Yesterday was “Friend Day” at Jones Road.  We were ending our 40 Days of Community by inviting our family and friends to a day of worship, fellowship and fun.  What a day it was!  Our Bible Study hour saw great fellowship time, promotion Sunday for our Preschool, Children and Youth ministries and many guests.  Our [...]

I am preaching through the book of James on Sunday nights at Jones Road.  I love the book of James.  The practical approach to our faith, coupled with the clear commands of living that faith have inspired and challenged me throughout my journey with Christ. For the past two Sunday nights we have been in [...]

This week is our 5th week in 40 Days of Community at Jones Road.  What has God been doing?  How are we responding?  I have been asking myself those two questions.  What has God been doing? God is always at work!  We don’t always see Him at work because we are not looking for Him.  [...]

We began a 40 day journey on July 17th at Jones Road Baptist Church.  It is a journey that is needed.  It is the type of journey that has life changing potential.  It is a journey that affords the traveler time to reflect and refine their individual journeys and also time to reconnect and recommit [...]

Paul called them “enemies of the cross” (Phil 3:18),  Jesus warned the church at Sardis – “I have not found your works perfect before the God” (Rev 3:2), and sadly “they” still exist in the church today.  Who are “they?”  “They” are the people every church could do without. I know for most churches we [...]

I think I would go nuts if I didn’t know what time it was.  I check my watch repeatedly throughout the day – not because I have to be somewhere at a certain time – but simply because I want to know the time.  My obsession goes deeper.  All the clocks in my house have [...]

Michael Catt, The Power of Desperation: “Most of us never seek the Lord until we are forced to.  We can easily coast through life and put our spiritual minds in neutral until a crisis comes.  Then we turn to God and cry out for help, mercy, intervention, or deliverance.  Rather than constantly seeking the Lord, [...]