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Invitation and the miracle question
If a miracle overnight solved your problem as a church of not being invitational what would you as an individual and you as a church be doing differently the next morning? What would be the vital signs? When was the last time you saw a little bit of the miracle even just for a short time? Perhaps if we […]
Rejected in Invitation
Jesus healed ten guys of leprosy – only one came back to thank him. Jesus was constantly rejected, by all manner of people. If Jesus only got one in ten, and frankly he healed all ten! Why would we expect any more than one in ten response. Now I know that might sound depressing, but […]
Invitation and fly-fishing
In angling, casting is the act of throwing bait or a lure using a fishing line out over the water using a flexible fishing rod. The usual technique is for the angler to quickly flick the rod from behind toward the water. Fly fishermen use artificial flies as a lure and use lighter rods and lines. […]
The Invitational Coma Get well soon
I sometimes meet Pastors who have the most “successful church in their area”. Their church has grown and they have become the it church and those Pastor’s take on an Ambassadorial figurehead role. I would suggest they are in a success coma. Success can sometimes put us into a self-induced coma. You not really doing anymore […]
Invitational Practice
Practice in invitation is really important. The more we practice the better we get. Most sports people practice daily to improve their skills. In golf the driving range is the most obvious place for practice. Serial inviters are so practiced that it has become natural to them. We need to practice on one another. One […]
Simple Invitation
We just know we must be doing something regarding mission in the church, and as each initiative fails we try another and yet another as we become ever more tired. We then comfort ourselves by having exhaustion as a status symbol. “Initiativeitis” is the disease we develop from anxiety that we must be doing something. […]