leader/disciple
September 22, 2009 by Todd McGehee
I started reading Neal Cole’s book, Organic Leadership. One of the quotes he uses in the book is from Ralph Nader: “the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.” Continue Reading
football as religion
September 16, 2009 by Todd McGehee
As I have been preparing for the sermon series Old School: The Prophets of the Old Testament, I continuously run into the issue of idolatry. It’s hard for me to understand the attraction to hedging my safety and my spiritual life by worshiping multiple gods, some of which were made by human hands. I would never place hand carved wooden idols on my mantle piece and literally bow down to worship them daily. I would never take an infant and offer it as a burnt sacrifice on an alter. But the more I’ve studied and meditated on the stories of the prophets and the Israeli people, the more I realize that I too have idols. Continue Reading
blogging again
September 11, 2009 by Todd McGehee
i’ve taken about a month off from blogging for a couple of reasons. first, my schedule got crazy. second, this blog became a chore and i was writing just to get it done. Continue Reading
