you could try this out (This is a video sermon by Rev Phil Lund) Carey MacDonald told Phil Lund that outreach means much more than leaving literature around town. In fact, he said that he had recently published a blog post on the subject. “When you talk about what your congregation offers,” Carey wrote, “think ‘join our cause’ instead of ‘join … Continue reading The Change We Hope to Bring

assembled A continued decline of church membership in future decades seems inevitable, according to recent surveys of religion in America. What does that mean for those of us who enjoy the important social benefits that belonging to a religious community provides? How do we manage the tension between hope and realism when it comes to the … Continue reading Realistic Hope and Hopeful Realism