Shaken and blessed

by | Sep 12, 2022 | Post-Covid Small Groups, Uncategorized

By Steve Cordle, https://xr.church/ In a recent podcast, respected church consultant and national leader, Thom Rainer, said that 99% of churches in America are smaller than they were pre-Covid. That is, fewer people are attending weekend worship. The larger the...

In-person is best

by | Sep 6, 2022 | Post-Covid Small Groups, Uncategorized

By Steve Cordle, https://xr.church/ When the pandemic broke out in March 2020, we encouraged the groups of our church to meet online via zoom. And they did. We started more groups than ever during the shutdown (There was no competition for people’s time!) Though I was...

Family First?

by | Aug 10, 2022 | Prioritizing the Inner Circle, Uncategorized

By Steve Cordle, https://xr.church/ As a young pastor, one of my greatest struggles was trying to find the right balance between time spent in ministry and time spent with my family. At one point we had 3 preschool boys (2 in diapers.) We were serving in a rural...

On Being Examples

by | Jul 5, 2022 | Staying Physically Healthy, Uncategorized

By Steve Cordle, https://xr.church/ Eleven years ago last March, I stepped onto a treadmill at the gym where I belonged. I started to run like usual, except that day nothing was usual. After about two minutes I blacked out and collapsed onto the floor in cardiac...