Getting Past Everyday Discrimination This guest post is from longtime Resilient Church friend Todd Matia. Todd is a magazine publisher in Colorado Springs, and a former math and engineering instructor. He is an active Young Life club advisor, and a dedicated Jesus follower. Warning- long post: The relevance of my story in the midst of […]
Church Pulse
The Big Deal about Smaller Churches
They don’t often make national headlines, but smaller churches are a big deal. There are roughly 350,000 Protestant, Catholic and Orthodox churches in the United States.[i] The median number of people attending these churches is 75. That means half of the churches in the US have 75 or less people attending; half have more. Did […]
Ancient (and Not-So-Ancient) Wisdom and the Pursuit of Perfection
I believe it was the late Glenn Frey of the Eagles who said, “Rock and roll is not about perfection. It is about excellence.” If I recall correctly, Frey was responding to the notion of achieving perfection on any given take in the recording studio. Frey called into question whether anyone could really know what […]