Refreshing and Exhausting Holidays

My most recent column in The Shelbyville News is at http://www.shelbynews.com/main.asp?SectionID=42&SubSectionID=84&ArticleID=52466

I look forward to dialogue,

Nathan

Blending Families

I recently had a column published in The Shelbyville News about the difficulties of blending families. The article is at http://www.shelbynews.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=52228&SectionID=42&SubSectionID=&S=1

If you have trouble with the link, go to www.shelbynews.com and then enter ny name in teh search foeld to the left to find the column.

I'd love any worthwhile feedback --

Nathan

Dynamic and dormant churches

Why is it that some churches are so dynamic and others so dormant? Why are some churches so lively and others lethargic?

Among the reasons, I think that

1. Vital churches want lots of noisy children and youth; dull ones want quiet.
2. Vital churches plan for the future; dull ones dwell on the past.
3. Vital churches serve people; dull ones sustain programs.
4. Vital churches declare God’s unchanging love in forms of ministry that change as needed; dull ones do things the way they’ve always been done.
5. Vital churches celebrate worship; dull ones endure it.
6. Vital churches are full of tithers; dull ones are full of tippers.

What would you add?

Nathan