“Why does God take some home who still have so much to offer…
when there are so many others he leaves behind who could more easily be spared?”
I’m paraphrasing that quote from Ken Burns’ Baseball documentary. I believe that baseball commissioner Landis said it at the death of Christy Matthewson at age 45. The [...]

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In response to my thirst for adventure that I described in my last blog post (which received wider-than-normal readership because it also ran in our church newsletter) I have had no shortage of suggestions from friends on how to kick-start the jaw-dropping life I desire. One guy suggested that I join him on [...]

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Last week at the conference I attended at the mega-mega church Willow Creek, I took a stroll around their massive campus. At one point I found myself walking across the back of their “old” sanctuary, worship center, whatever they call it, a room that has been replaced in the past few years by a much [...]

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“The greatest use of life is to spend it on something that will outlast it.” James Truslow Adams. Last week at Willow Creek’s Leadership Summit, I heard Bill Hybels interview rock superstar Bono on his faith and his passionate work against poverty and AIDS in Africa. Bono is one of the world’s most [...]

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Our church gives away three weekly publications from Standard Publishing - Seek, The Lookout, and Christian Standard. The latter two maintain a fair amount of content online, and Christian Standard sends out an email newsletter that partially duplicates the print edition and contains additional, immediate content. I recommend it.Since we moved to the new building, [...]

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This article from Christianity Today illustrates the mixed bag of statistical information that I have discovered while preaching on debt. Take credit-card debt, for example. Some anti-debt prophets seem to say that nearly everyone is in trouble. Others suggest that the averages are high because a few (and only a few) are [...]

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My brother recently reminded me that the Wayback Machine at the Internet Archive may contain some old MHCC web pages. This link will take you to the list of pages at our old domain, morrisonhill.faithweb.com, which we abandoned in late 2001 or early 2002.
MHCC had other sites before 2001, including a Roane County Christian [...]

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On Sunday, May 14 (which is Mother’s Day) we will begin a two-week series at church called “Escape the Debt Trap” based on a book of that name by Dr. Kregg Hood.
Since MHCC just signed for a large loan on our new building, you might wonder about the consistency of talking about debt as a [...]

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Today our blog takes on a new format and makes use of software that allows you to make comments. Just click the “comments” link at the bottom of any post.

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Johnprypr.org is the web site for the music ministry of our youth minister.

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