Scott Gress

We often assume that experience is the best teacher. We’d rather have a surgeon who has done our operation a thousand times. We’d rather have a seasoned teacher or mechanic or plumber or any one of a number of skills

The slippery slope is when we continue to do what we have always done without reflection and without intentionality – maybe even for years! We work long hours and get weary which is often understood as also being productive. Yet that

How are you preparing for Christmas at your church? The path of least resistance often takes over. That means you will likely recruit the same people who are reliable and will be in town for ushering, greeting, playing music, singing,

The church throughout north America is plateaued and even declining as the latest LCMS periodical The Lutheran Witness 2017 The State of the Church – points out. The trends are not good. No wonder that there is another trend throughout

Recently there have been some situations in our household where we have had to employ the advice and services of others. Nothing serious, but contacts and encounters with lawyers, service people for various things around the house, for the cars, plus

The world is in Chaos. Just mention Las Vegas, North Korea, terrorism, and the mood gets quiet. Soon after the quiet sadness, the air is filled with disgust, disagreements as to what is wrong and what should be done and

There is a lot of need out there. The words Harvey, Irma, Maria, earthquake all invoke thoughts of tens of thousands of people who are hurting, homeless, without electricity or worse. There are countless stories of how the church has

As fall is just around the corner, there are a number of things that are coming into focus for those who lead churches: fall programing. There is Sunday School that may need to start up in late August or Early