Simple Church, by Thom S. Rainer & Eric Geiger, is one of the few books that I feel like I have to read every year.  It’s a classic in my mind.  And every time I read it, I’m reminded of the power of a focused, simple church. 

Anyway, I’m not going to review the book or anything like that for you, but I did want to share with you some of the insights I walked away with after my most recent reading.  So, here are just a few of the sentences I underlined and have been thinking about lately.

“Many of our churches have become cluttered. So cluttered that people have a difficult time encountering the simple and powerful message of Christ. So cluttered that many people are busy doing church instead of being the church.”  

“If you want the necessary to stand out, you have to get rid of the unnecessary.”

“New believers are often the most vocal missionaries a church has. They still know lost people. They have a fire in them that many older believers lose…New believers are the greatest resource your church has to influence the community.”

“People are attracted to unity. Unity is powerful. It is magnetic. It is a beautiful thing. And the impact is great.”

“Sometimes the best players are not the right players.”

“Change or die. Those are the choices.”

“Tragically, in most churches, the pain of change is greater than the pain of ineffectiveness.”

If you haven’t noticed, we have a new church website.  And it looks good!  Check it out here!

Billy sent me this video last week and I just had to share it with all of you.

It’s a parody of Carrie Underwood’s song, “Before He Cheats”, and although you may not enjoy it as much as I did (since I can relate to it more than most of you can), I still think you’ll get a kick out of it.