If you’ve missed the first two in this series, head to the Blog page at www.townleycoaching.com    On Valentine’s Day, are people looking for love, actually? For sure … but maybe more. What if what we’re really looking for is … here’s my take on it:     ETERNITY Who on this earth has not […]

It is, without a doubt, the biggest national (and possibly international) secular holiday there is. It’s much bigger than Christmas and Easter. We LOVE Super Bowl Sunday even though many of us say we hate hype. On Super Bowl Sunday, we are hype-sters. We gather friends and family in front of the big-screen in our entertainment centers with […]

Other than Christmas Eve, most holiday-type events soon coming up in America are non-Christian: New Year’s Eve, The Super Bowl, Valentine’s day, maybe St. Pattie’s day, and for sure Mother’s Day. To create bridge building worship on these secular holy-days, discern the heart of what the public is probably looking for. Here is my take […]

When someone gives you “feedback” about your worship service, how do you feel? Do you wonder, “what business do they have telling me what to do?” Or do you ask yourself, is their response about their personal preference? or is their response a window into the mission field and how NEW people respond to what we insiders are doing?  I […]

The red sauce is starting! I’ve posted pics over the years of homemade Italian Thanksgiving meals, cooking with my son Todd. This year we’ve added Todd’s daughter to the mix! A new baby. So much to be thankful for. So easy to forget God’s goodness in the midst of the chaos of the world. Let’s […]