Seven Keys to Starting a Successful 2nd Worship Service

I’m certainly no expert, but I’ve been consulted several times by other pastors about how to start a 2nd worship service, so I’ll share what I’ve learned in no particular order. 7 KEYS TO STARTING A SUCCESSFUL 2ND WORSHIP SERVICE Have a clear vision. In my estimation, this is the #1 reason why additional worship services [...]

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Holy Discontent

I always have this sort of “holy discontent” after Big Days. Easter weekend at Epiphany Station was amazing! We asked God for 400 people and we came up just shy with 390 which just totally obliterated our previous attendance record of 279. I’m sure there were at least another 10 people tuning in online (waiting [...]

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Big Hairy Audacious Prayers

Looking at my post from Easter Week last year (which also, coincidentally, happens to be my last post), it is amazing to me how I am drawn back to blogging again at the same season. We are two weeks away from Easter and this morning I woke up at 4:45 excited, thanking God for all that [...]

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Finding Freedom from Pornography

This is the practical follow-up to my sermon on June 20, 2010 – “Lust, Lies and Truth.” You can listen here: http://www.epiphanystation.com/MEDIA Most people try to free themselves from a pornography addiction by doing either one or a combination of these things: Asserting their will (“I’m not going to look at pornography today.”). This is [...]

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Insiders vs. Outsiders

This is a follow-up to my sermon, Embracing the Outsider, from January 3. If you haven’t listened to it, please do so before reading on. Listen here or subscribe to the Epiphany Station podcast.

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Crime in the Country

Last week, we had two tires, some break pads and part of the exhaust stolen off of our church van. I guess these are some desperate times!

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7 Characteristics of an Ingrown Church

Since I can’t find the time to write my own original thoughts, I’ll use someone else’s. 7 characteristics of an ingrown church Churches are like people. Everyone thinks they are so original until they do one of those personality profiles and find out just how predictable they truly are.

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Somethings Gotta Give

Have you ever been white water rafting? I have and it’s quite an adrenaline rush. But what looks really wild is the white water kayaking. I was watching the “Mountain Games” (or something like that) on TV a couple months ago and one of the games was white water kayak racing where they had to [...]

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Church Website

Our finally got some work done on our church website and it’s starting to take shape. It’s amazing that I struggled all summer to get done what I did in one night. The site is nothing fancy, but functional. It’s meant to be temporary while who we are as a church continues to unfold. I [...]

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Wedding in the Water

Yesterday, we had our annual baptism celebration at Camp Shamineau. They have a wonderful setting for baptisms with an ampitheater equipped with sound right on a beach. I had the privilege of baptizing a young couple who have been coming to church since Easter. It was a wonderfully beautiful occassion that could not be overcome [...]

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