Jeff's Musings

Well, I have to say, I am probably going to get phone calls and emails over this one. Today Bridge Church has two billboards going up in the area that say “We Apologize For…” with the web address, www.weapologizefor.com. Here is what this is all about: I grew up in a church that was good [...

Hopefully you have some very good friends that you share life together with. There are those who are special friends in your life and your existence would not be as rich if those people were not part of your journey. Being a pastor for the past fifteen plus years, I have had oodles of opportunities ...

We live in a world where everyone wants to be safe. Nothing wrong with that, it sure seems logical to me. The biggest danger we have, is encountering God. Too often, Christians merely have a “friendly relationship” with God (which is fine – we are called friends of God), but we also need a...

Some of you may remember(if you are over 40) the television commercial that Wendy’s Hamburgers ran in the 70’s with two little old ladies looking at a hamburger bun with a speck of meat on it and one of the ladies passionately asks, “Where’s the Beef?” Obviously, the commercial was a slam ...

Today at Bridge Church I am speaking on a discipline that has been lost in the church today… fasting. The church in general has gotten into the habit of not practicing on a regular basis the disciplines of communion and fasting. Over the years I did not make fasting a priority in my spiritual ...

This morning I am testing out a trial version of MacJournal, a journaling software program that allows you to do your journal electronically. If I want, I can post my journal entry to my blog. The most useful personal feature is I can index my entries and quickly find topics that I journaled about. ...

Yesterday I was interviewed by Mark Kelly. Mark is writing an article for OnMission magazine about churches planting churches and was given my name by Randy Chestnut, Executive Director of Cleveland Hope. As I was sharing with Mark, I made a couple of comments that I have had time to think about and...

As I type, a team from Thompson Baptist Church in Thompson, Mississippi are making their way up to NE Ohio to help Bridge Church at Perry carry out it’s mission to encounter, engage, and encourage people to experience Jesus. This team will be holding Day Camps in a park and in a church members...

Look at the date of this post: Friday July 20th at 9:00 am EST. Why? The Book is not out until midnight tonight so, I will make some predicitons for what it’s worth. Harry will die, but will be brought back to life ie… Bobby Ewing on Dallas. Ron, Hermoine, and Neville all live. Snape [&h...

Ed Stetzer until recently, served as the Director of Research and Missiology for the North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. David Putnam is one of the pastors at Mountain Lake Church in Cumming, Georgia. Both of these men through God’s providence have been able to break t...