Author Archives: Rev. Shane L. Bishop

Huge Book News!

I have been given a discount code by Invite Resources and permission to share it with you all. This code takes an automatic 30% off any of my books purchased directly from the publisher at check-out. This takes over $5 off the cost of “That’s Good News” and “The PING Life” and about $6 offContinue reading “Huge Book News!”

An Essay on Morality, Sin and the American Church

“Sin does not make us bad…it makes us dead.”-Melissa Bishop There is a fear I have for our culture. We have lost our moral compass. A compass does not tell you where you are or where you are going, in fact makes no value judgments at all and offers no advice, it just points north.Continue reading “An Essay on Morality, Sin and the American Church”

RESPECT

I don’t think there is a more attractive virtue in this divided country than respect. People have always told me that “respect must be earned” but frankly, I disagree. I only know a couple of hundred people well enough to “earn” my respect, so if everyone has to earn it, I am not going toContinue reading “RESPECT”

You are Disaffiliated! (What Now?)

Disaffiliation from a denomination is a long and bumpy road.  It is a road few of us wanted to take and most of us hoped we could avoid.  Things didn’t work out that way. Disaffiliation is hard.  Denominations were not structured to let people out.  They are like interstates with next to no exit rampsContinue reading “You are Disaffiliated! (What Now?)”

We Can’t All be a Fred Bishop but…

Does heeding a God-PING (prompting) to serve really matter? Really? I would guess only a handful of the people who will read this post have heard of Junior Axley. Let me tell you how he may have impacted your life. Junior Axley was a volunteer youth director at Sunfield Methodist church over six decades ago.Continue reading “We Can’t All be a Fred Bishop but…”

Melissa is Cancer Free (but that is not what makes God good)

Thursday we received Melissa’s post-surgical pathology report. Monday’s surgery had come after four long months of chemotherapy. We we were informed that the cancerous tumor removed from her breast was tiny, the margins around it were clear and the removed lymph nodes were clear as well. Melissa is not yet through this journey but sheContinue reading “Melissa is Cancer Free (but that is not what makes God good)”

A Change of Inputs (recovering evangelism while there is still time)

Churches are in a decaying orbit; we have to change our inputs.