Chris Bishop

What If Jesus Meant All That Stuff? I love Shane. Here is a snippet of a letter he wrote for esquire.com To all my nonbelieving, sort-of-believing, and used-to-be-believing friends: I feel like I should begin with a confession. I am sorry that so often the biggest obstacle to God has been Christians. Christians who have [...]

goofy eden (3 of 4) Originally uploaded by pastorchrisbishop So we were talking about having a beard-a-thon to raise some money for youth group the other week. Daniel was talking a big game, but he didn’t know Eden was in the mix. Looks like she will be taking home gold with no contest from the [...]

This weekend brought about a couple of changes to the youth room in as we prepare for a new program that i am really excited about.  We brought in a new chair and couch thinks to a member of the congregation.  Also, we were given 5 computers a little while ago.  Three of the comps [...]

On last Monday I set out for Bible Study with my favorite group of young adults.  This week was a little bit different in that I was taping  the Bible Study for my Ordination Requirements.  The Study was fine and everyone was agreeable to participate as if the film was not rolling.  Tuesday night I [...]

Such a great post from Josh over at More than DodgeBall!!!   10. There’s a case of bottled water beside the pulpit. 9. The pews have camper hookups. 8. You overhear the pastor telling the sound guy to have a few extra CDs on hand to record today’s sermon. 7. The preacher has brought a [...]

Panara is the new church office Originally uploaded by pastorchrisbishop I am waiting for katie’s car to get a flat fixed this morning and so i decided to stop in Panara and there are 4 other UMC clergy there. It is like a little party. That is so fun. We should have mre times like [...]

Here is an article I came across and through that it articulated the evangelism and discipleship tension very well.  It is something that is on my mind a lot.   enjoy the read and comment here if you would like or at the youth specialties blog (link at the end) The Evangelism-Discipleship Teeter Totter I attend [...]