Oscar the Pastor's blog

The following is something that appeared on my blog late last year. I am sending it out again in the hopes that there are people (living in or near the MInneapolis/St. Paul area) who might be interested in being a part of this. Feel free to email me at dennis.sanders@gmail.com if you are interested or know someone who is.

Is this thing on?

Fellow blogger Bruce Reyes-Chow is running for Moderator of the Presbyterian Church (USA). He has a fascinating post about four shifts that his denomination needs to take. I won't go into all of them, but I will highlight number 4:

Every so often, when I feel down about myself, I tend to read this article by Bob Hyatt, a church planting pastor. I like reading his short essay because he reminds me that church planting isn't crazy.

Something that has struck me lately is that planting a church is really an act of faith. Hyatt writes: