Cat Tails, Community and Church: How Social Media Reinvented Relationships
by Rick Chromey An old preacher friend used to quip that if you tie two cats’ tails together the felines will have unity but don’t expect them to enjoy community. …
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Don’t You Forget About Us: Why The Church Needs to Pay Attention to “The Dones”
by Rick Chromey Generation X is the “Jan Brady” of American generations. And we’re getting old and grumpy. Maybe it’s because Gen X (b. 1961-1981) has rarely felt the love.…
Friends In Low Places: What The Church Can Learn From Music Row
by Rick Chromey Country music is three chords and the truth. ―Harlan Howard Confession: I like country music. I can’t help it. I’m a Montana kid and the son of…
We Don’t Talk About That At Church…
by Thom Schultz We talk about all kinds of juicy, newsy things with friends at work or school. But not at church. No. No. No. We can’t talk about that…
A 21st Century Reformation: Reimagining The Modern Sermon
by Rick Chromey Martin Luther changed the church. On October 31, 1517—500 years ago—this pious German monk challenged medieval Christianity and unleashed a Protestant Reformation. Luther specifically attacked a brand…
The Millennial Exodus (Part 2): Church REIMAGINED
by Rick Chromey The millennials have left the building. An entire generation of churched kids has gone AWOL. In my last column, I fingered ecclesiastical bribery (the use of incentives…
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Writer’s Blocks, Blue Screens, and the Future of the Church
by Rick Chromey I’ve got a serious problem. I’m suffering from a terrible case of writer’s block. I wrote an entire column and scrapped it. Good stuff, maybe great stuff,…
Talkin’ About Our Generations
by Rick Chromey Solomon once observed, “Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever” (Ecclesiastes 1:4). And he was right. There have always been generation gaps, contexts, and…
The Called Out Ones
by Austin Maxheimer The name given to the conversation we’ve been fostering is “Refresh the Church.” But what I am finding in my context is that while refreshing the church…
When Giants Fall: What the Church Can Learn From Sears
by Rick Chromey The news was shocking. On March 21, 2017, retailer Sears and partner company Kmart announced a full-blown financial pickle. Two days later USA Today chronicled the demise…
