Ian Kirk
Just a pastor navigating the world
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167 Hours Remain
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If I’m talking for an hour a week, and they’re feeding their souls with something else 15 hours a week,” Bezner said, “I simply can’t win.” A pastor’s life depends on a coronavirus vaccine. Now he faces skeptics in his church. Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Washington Post. Dec. 11, 2020 (web) One of the reality…
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Building Delusion
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Has our definition of ministry become so focused on the building that we can’t change lives outside of it? Nona Jones, From Social Media to Social Ministry Nona Jones is concerned that the church is overly focused on the plane. And everything it does, is concerned with building. I think she is correct in…
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Church and Kids Ministry Online
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One of the big struggles with the current church online scenario is what to do with kids. Churches are struggling with it. In many ways the problem can be summarized this way… Don’t try to digitize the past or the present. We need to invent the industry of tomorrow. Erik Swedberg The quote is…
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Denominational Fade-Out or Reformation?
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In her recent opinion piece in the New York Times, Big Oil faded. Will Big Tech?, Shira Ovide wrote about the former behemoth of Exxon (formerly known as Standard Oil, a so-called Robber Barron company) is now off the stock market due to the (over) valuation of Apple. It has now been replaced by…
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Spacing Out
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We’re all basically in a place right now where we have so many attentional drains, because we don’t have place to focus us. You know, going to a place focuses our effort, because we’re here to do a thing, but when you’re working out of your home, it’s very different. How to Channel Your…
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The Building Second
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Person 1: What if we were to plant a church … in a building?Person 2: What? That’s ridiculous! Who’d ever go to a building for church? Besides it’s such a waste of resources. The building would be used for a couple of hours a week? This is a crazy thought, isn’t it? Why would…
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Let’s NOT Go Back?
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Just like so many people, I’ve been overwhelmed as of late. You’d think I’d be really happy that all the churches are going online. I am. It’s just that I’ve found that it now means a lot more voices in this conversation that I, as an introvert, find hard to manage. That being said,…
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No One Way
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Yesterday (on Easter), I woke up (on purpose) before 5am. I had decided to experience Tampa Underground’s Easter gathering. Tampa Underground is a hub-and-spoke model of church, in particular microsites. There is a governing center (the hub) with a whole bunch of committed satellite sites (the spokes). It is different than the American standard…
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Now What?
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One of the biggest (and most valid) critiques of doing church online (or, as in the current COVID situation, only online) is the lack of connection. We humans are made for connection. Understand that this is coming from an introvert. I too need connection. There is something about physical connection. There is this matter…
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Tech Glitch
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If you had a great first launch of church broadcasting…AWESOME! I\’m really glad! If you didn\’t, I understand completely. Glitches are real. They will happen. Let\’s learn together and move on!
