by Josh Kilen | Christianity, Religion
Would you feed a slice of pizza to a baby? Would you expect the tiny tot to gum the whole thing down, peperoni and all? Of course not. Pizza is not baby food. But why isn’t it? The baby could probably handle it (although I’m not cleaning up afterward), why...
by Josh Kilen | Christianity, Religion
I’m tired of living out moments that easily slide out of my memory. Unfortunately I often find my time at church to be just that, forgettable. It’s just so insufferably mediocre and boring, no matter how fancy you make the packaging. And I blame myself for...
by Josh Kilen | Christianity, Religion
Is it better to be rich, or is it better to be poor? Can a Christian own a BMW and still claim to be following Christ? The problem is that the rich have everything they need, which tends to make them less grateful when good things come around. Their expectation of...
by Josh Kilen | Business/Marketing, Christianity, Religion
A little while back I had coffee with a local pastor. As I told him about my passion for business and marketing, his eyes practically sparkled. He told me that he thought of his job as marketing too, basically trying to persuade people to come to church. I felt an...
by Josh Kilen | Christianity, Religion
A friend recently read my blog and told me I needed to stop throwing rocks at the church. In many ways he couldn’t be more right. I never to toss stones at God’s chosen, all I wanted to do was to stir up some conversation. I figured by taking a more...
by Josh Kilen | Christianity, Religion
What if we didn’t do church as a show, or a production? What would we do then? What if we traded self-help messages for helping others messages? What if we started really learning from each other, through life, example, and experience? What if we absolutely...