Is your church ready? An excerpt from “Super Center Savior”

As churches head into the holiday seasons, they'll see a rise in visits from those who see religious service attendance as a to-do item during holidays. Is your church ready to serve, encourage and get them to come back? It may be simpler than you think. Check out this excerpt from the book "Super Center Savior."

Plumb lines

An exercise that I encouraged our staff to embrace was to create their plumb lines for ministry. A plumb line is defined in the web’s free dictionary as: 1. A line from which a weight is suspended to determine verticality…

Congrats to Adelyn!

Here’s the video from Blacksburg High School’s homecoming halftime. We’re proud of Adelyn for representing the freshman class.

Video: Pirates and Planes

Let me set this video up: We were preparing to go shopping. I was teasing my family about starting a video series called #PirateDad to rival the popular Vine #Batdad, when a plane that had been circling Blacksburg in preparation…

Michael Jackson – still thrilling

It’s that time of year again, and the scaries are posting ghost rumors, mysterious photos and Sasquatch sightings. I apologize in advance, but this 2009 CNN news video of a look inside Michael Jackson’s home contains an eerie shadow down…

Pastoral Prayer

In Mark’s gospel, it says that after Jesus got into the boat from the storm and water-walking incident (Mark leaves out Peter’s dip), that “they did not understand about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened.” (Mark 6.52) {Oh Lord,…