Chris Bishop

I have my tent set and ready to go.  We have less that 30 minutes before the students come for our Homeless For a Night event and I am really excited about what all we are going to be doing.  I always get nervous at this time before an event.  Pray for the students, our [...]

Have you ever heard the saying “Blessed are the flexible because they never get bent out of shape” I am not one to make wild claims about my spiritual gifts, but I would say that flexibility is one of them.  It may not have been a naturally occurring gift, but through life experience I have [...]

This morning as I was driving to work I was thinking about all of the things that I have on my list to do.  It is one of those weeks where I have meetings every night this week, morning meetings a couple of days, a major youth event Saturday into Sunday, and about 500 things [...]

Katie shared this link with me yesterday morning and i thought that it was a wonderful article and I have been looking through the site to see what other goodness I can find.  At MUMC we are in the incubation stages of developing a new worship service that is targeted at drawing in those who [...]

There is such a benefit in having momentum.  This allows us to keep rolling even if there is a bump in the road.  I am sure that you have seen this if you have watched a sporting event.  The team with the momentum seems to have an extra player on the field/court because they are [...]

This week the primary scripture for worship is Luke 18:9-14.  As I have been preparing for the message and outlining worship I have been thinking. Take a look at the scripture for yourself: Luke 18:9-14 (NLT) 9 Then Jesus told this story to some who had great self-confidence and scorned everyone else: 10 “Two men [...]

There are moments in ministry there are clear reminders of why I love being a pastor. Recently I have had a couple of “God Moments” revolving around people discovering their Bible again for the first time. One has been some of our small group students beginning to read their Bibles and getting into it. I [...]