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The rebirth of a brand is one of the most exciting yet challenging opportunities any organization can take. A new brand is an opportunity for an entity — like our church — to be born again, imagined anew, creating fresh and contemporary energy for what we stand for, what we offer our community, and why all our welcome to join us, today and into the future. There are three goals for this brand: Grow the church among all age groups, especially families with kids, younger adults

I recently got a notice wrapped around a magazine that I subscribe to warning me that this might be my "final issue" unless I renew my...

One of the most popular television shows of all time was Cheers. It was a quirky comedy about a Boston bar tended by a washed out Red...

Sunday morning, March 17, I shared the following statement with my congregation at all three of our worship services. I share it with...

Many readers of this blog may remember how I celebrated my 60th birthday. If not, a reminder. I decided to ride from north of Fort...

When I was in seminary, back in the late seventies, one of my classmates who was a Methodist, was openly gay. We'll call him Pietro. ...

This past weekend I had the real pleasure of participating in a concert titled "Three Cantors and a Pastor." My fellow performers...

Many years ago I was commuting into Boston on the "T"--the subway system that winds its way above and underground in that wonderful old...

When I was a boy they hadn't invented President's Day yet. I have always suspected it was really a ploy to get one more Monday holiday,...

A few months ago I was wrestling with some decisions I needed to make about my future. I was having a very difficult time discerning...

This past weekend I had the pleasure of attending a very moving performance of August Wilson's play Fences. This Pulitzer Prize winning...

America seems to be in a transitional time at the moment. Like a teenager, we seem to be trapped between childhood and adulthood. We...

Journalist David Hadju tells of a time when jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis was playing in one of New York City's small, basement clubs. ...

I recently finished reading Richard Rohr's book Falling Upward. I have read a number of his books and have heard him speak more than...

Yesterday's edition of the New York Times had a front page story reporting a recent rash of thefts being experienced across the nation. ...

Last Thursday I joined my oldest son and my youngest grandson at an Opening Night showing of the new Star Wars film The Last...

Last Thursday I joined my oldest son and my youngest grandson at an Opening Night showing of the new Star Wars film The Last...

A few years back I flew out to Witchita, Kansas, to preside at my nephew's wedding. And while I was there I found Jesus. Right there in...

I love Christmas music. I have dozens and dozens of seasonal CDs. And I listen to them throughout the month of December. But my top...

And so it happens again. A group of believers engaged in prayer are attacked and killed, only this time they didn't live in South...