Over at the Pangea Blog guest blogger Rachel Blom asks an important question for all preachers: Do you preach to your whole church? How do your sermons and illustrations within those sermons sound to singles, teenagers, etc.? Excellent post to get you thinking about who sits in your congregation. On Leadershipjournal.net David Slagle shares three irrational beliefs that too many ministers buy into. He identifies the reasons and provides healthier alternatives. A good article that might serve as a good discussion for church staff. One of the better lines, "Expecting messed up human beings to treat us nicely at all times is, well, messed up."
Mark Roberts, director and scholar in residence of Laity Lodge looks at how the web empowers gossipers. He concludes that while the web probably doesn't make us meaner - he thinks we're pretty mean already - the web does allow us to get away with more meanness. Read more.
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