“We need more worship wars, not fewer. What if the war looked like this in your congregation—the young singles petitioning the church to play more of the old classics for the sake of the elderly people, and the elderly people calling on the leadership to contemporize for the sake of the young new believers? This would signal a counting of others as more important than ourselves (Philippians 2:3), which comes from the Spirit of the humiliated, exalted King, Christ (Philippians 2:5-11). When I insist that the rest of the congregation serve as backup singers in my own little nostalgic hit parade of back-home Mississippi hymns, I am worshiping in the…

How sweet that Fred was with us via Skype when the world’s best UPS driver dropped off our package from Baker Books: Fun stuff! We are blessed.   (And we’ll be doing a giveaway or two as soon as Redeeming Church Conflicts is available for purchase, so be sure to check back.)  

Dave is holding Redeeming Church Conflicts in his hot little hands, so assuming the Pony Express made a right turn in Colorado and kept riding all night, I hope to have a copy sometime today. I’ll be sure to put up a picture and let you know if/when it arrives. (And once we get our extra copies, be sure to check back for some giveaways too!) To hold you in the interim, I encourage you to read Dave’s blog for today. It’s a keeper and spot-on, especially if you’re tempted to despair over a dead relationship in your life: Easter Sunday: Never Again Need There be a Conflict Beyond the…