“The Once and the Future Church” is a discussion of the paradigm shift occurring in the church today. The thesis deals with the lost paradigm of the apostolic church and the process of rediscovering the lost paradigm in the present/future church. The result is renovation of the church and its mission. Mead presents the main […]

   Today is my wife’s birthday!  On Monday, she was in Louisville, Ky for the NKOTB, Boys II Men, and 98 Degrees Concert with a couple of her friends as her “big” birthday gift!  But on her actual birthday, I wanted to make her feel…

I’m not a big fan of cursing the darkness. As a Christ follower,  we should be primarily concerned with being salt and light. While it’s true, the Bible calls us to reprove the works of darkness, reproving darkness and cursing the darkness are two different approaches entirely. Cursing the darkness is throwing condemnation at those […]

“Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift you as wheat. But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.” Luke 22:31-32 Every so often, I’m overcome with the urge. I tromp my way into the kitchen, raid my wife’s Pinterest boards, and […]

“For by wise counsel, you can wage your war, and in abundance of counselors there is victory.” – Proverbs 24:6 For as long as I have lived, I have seen so many younger ministers let their egos get ahead of their character. For me, I believe that listening to older, wiser counselors is a way …

Several years ago, I was sitting at a stop light in Chicago, IL, when I felt something slightly bump the back of my car.  It was almost unnoticeable.  I looked in the rear-view mirror to see a buddy of mine looking down at his radio. I wasn’t even sure he realized that our cars had […]

Image Credit Is it just me or is there anyone else that worries about not worrying about what God may or may not do? When I’m under pressure, I tend to overlook for answers in my own strength. At times,  it manifest in running every scenario that could happen, or should happen to the point […]