by dsiverns | Jun 2, 2009 | Books
This is the third or fourth book I’ve read in recent months about the current ‘dropout issues’ the church in North America is facing. Thom Rainer wrote “Simple Church” which was read widely in ministry circles over the past few years...
by dsiverns | May 1, 2009 | Church, Living
I preached my first (half) sermon a few weeks ago. I thought I’d post the link in case anyone wanted to hear it. You can listen to and download it here. It was the last week of O2, the young adults service here at Efree, and Steve Bateman and I each preached...
by dsiverns | Feb 23, 2009 | Leading Worship
I’ve come to realize something over my relatively short career as a worship leader: to do it well, you need to be able to do a whole bunch of things at the same time. To start, there’s the music thing. Let’s break that down a bit… First, you...
by dsiverns | Feb 4, 2009 | Church, Living
I’ve been giving some serious thought to the idea of Christian Marketing lately. I’ve been trying to read books, articles and blogs and just think about some stuff. I’m expecting to start writing more about it, so stay tuned for that. I was reading...
by dsiverns | Jan 19, 2009 | Church, Living
Lately, I’ve heard a number of people talking about their ‘prime’. As far as I can tell, someone’s prime is the place they reach where they are the best at any given thing. Some athletes reach their prime and then usually try to hang in and...
