What is the number one spiritual habit or discipline? The one to rule them all? Reading God's word? Prayer? A good and reasonable and biblical case can be made for either. But John Mark Comer has a surprisingly different answer: silence and solitude (which he treats in tandem). When I read that in Comer's (2019) book, The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry, I didn't like … [Read more...] about Your First Spiritual Habit
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The Perfect Church Service
In fifteen-plus years of ministry, I have been in many planning meetings for worship services. In all these years, I have never heard this suggestion. "Let's make it identical to last week!" From the minister's side of things, there is a desire to keep it interesting. We want the service to be engaging and compelling. But what if those attempts actually get in the way … [Read more...] about The Perfect Church Service