Author Archives: Steve LaMotte
6 Improvements for the 2011 Peninsula-Delaware Annual Conference
Before beginning, I need to give credit to Josh Hale as he made a similar post regarding the Texas Annual Conference (Read post here). His thoughts have helped to formalize some of my own thoughts in thinking about the Pen-Del 2010 … Continue reading
Catching Up and Some Thoughts on BP
I’ve wanted to post for awhile, but I really haven’t found the motivation to lately. First, our life has been crazy busy…and it won’t really let up until about mid-august. I will only be home one week in July! Second, … Continue reading
Transitions
May is a month of transitions. Most places in the country are going from spring into summer. Schools are quickly headed for summer break. College students are coming home and looking for jobs. Transitions are all around us- and happening … Continue reading
Book Review: Church In The Making
I just finished reading Ben Arment’s book, Church In The Making: What Makes or Breaks a New Church Before It Starts? If you’re a church leader, you should probably know who Ben Arment is. He has been a church planter … Continue reading
Robot Wedding
Did you happen to see this article over the weekend? It’s the story of two robotics experts in Japan getting married by a…robot! Here’s a part of the story… “The nuptials at this ceremony were led by “I-Fairy,” a 4-foot … Continue reading
To My Friends At Avenue Church
It was nine years ago yesterday that Andrea and I first came to Milford. While we feel pretty young now, we came to Milford at the ripe age of 22. We felt a real sense of call in coming to … Continue reading
Should Churches Celebrate Mother’s Day?
There was an interesting sidebar in the current issue of Christianity Today asking some Christian leaders as to whether or not Christians/Churches should celebrate Mother’s Day (link goes to article on CT’s website). Our church does some sort of Mother’s Day … Continue reading
Lifeway Survey Paints a Grim Picture
USA Today ran an article in their religion section on Tuesday which was based on a survey recently done by Lifeway Christian Resources. (You can read the article here) The survey focused on the Millenial Generation and their feelings and … Continue reading
Casting Crowns, Nickelback and the Gospel of Jesus Christ
Christianity Today’s Entertainment Blog recently had a post about the Dover Awards. The Dove’s are the Christian version of the Grammy’s…which means only Christians care about them! What struck me about the post was that they mentioned that Casting Crowns had won … Continue reading
Earth Day Theology
I’m not a tree hugger. Growing up, the conservation movement was probably was in it’s infancy and it didn’t carry much weight with me. When I was involved in Cub Scouts, we would pick up trash along the roads once … Continue reading
Exiled Community 