Ched Todd

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I’d like to introduce you to a good friend of mine named Chet Todd. His parents and my parents pastored in the Church of the Nazarene on the Kentucky District during our early years. He’s got one of the best senses of humor and consistently makes me laugh out loud with his jokes and wit. He’s now a lead pastor at Wellspring Church of the Nazarene in Evansville, IN. I’ve invited him to join in as a regular author and contributor to the site as his insights are sound and frequently challenging to me and call me to a higher maturity and discipline in my own faith.Read More →

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Recently shared online so I thought I’d share it with you all and hopefully ignite some discussion in the comments. My wife and I have been talking about cancelling Netflix because of all the issues with one of their recent movies. We are doing our homework to be well informed about our decision, but I ran across this very timely story which seems to put it in a very sobering perspective! Some years ago, when I was a pastor, I walked into my church office after a Sunday morning service to find a little brown bag on my desk containing three chocolate brownies. Some thoughtfulRead More →

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It’s been 4 weeks to the day now, since I woke up and could not walk. My life changed in an instant, without warning. In the grand scheme of things, I’m still here. There are far worse tragedies, if we even want to call it that. My faith has not wavered, but that doesn’t mean I have not struggled. There are days where all I can muster is a resounding “This SUCKS!” Then the next day I force myself up and do stair climb repetitions and laugh at the absurdity of it all. However, that age old question still darts around my brain… Why? JobRead More →

Discipline - Stone Bench

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I read something recently somewhere online about discipline. We’ve skewed this understanding we have into a purely negative meaning, i.e. “we need to discipline” our kids, or ourselves. We hear it much like a punishment or scolding required for correction of bad behavior. However, if we slow down for a minute and look at the word, it won’t take long to realize it looks a LOT like “Disciple”. Isn’t that what we’d like to be known as in our faith in Jesus? Aren’t many of us constantly striving to be a better disciple of Christ? Of course! So why the negative, almost painful, understanding ofRead More →

Enhance, Don't District - Justin Edmonds

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I’ve decided to add a new resource of content onto the Mission Notes blog as I believe it’s becoming increasingly a significant method for churches to continue spreading the gospel and provide content not just for their own attendees and members, but also those outside of the church. I’m responsible for the livestreaming efforts of our church so I’m learning more and more as I can about how to do things and how to do things with excellence.  Meet Justin of the Enhance, Don’t Distract YouTube channel. Justin and I met at a conference last year and he’s loaded with information on pretty much allRead More →