Aaron Marcelli | April 21, 2010
I entered church last Sunday no different than any other week, though I normally go on Thursdays now. Katy and I found some friends, found our seats, and sat down. When the music started I stood up and began to sing……..and that’s when it happened. During the first song I began to sense an atmosphere [...]
Aaron Marcelli | April 18, 2010
I highly appreciate all the feedback I have received over the past several posts. As I said before, I am developing a message that will go along with my book that I can use at churches or schools to give a thirty minute snapshot of the contents of my book. Having studies out and hearing [...]
Aaron Marcelli | March 13, 2010
A couple months ago I was sitting in the back at one of our church’s baptismal services and I realized how much I was enjoying the service. I was there to volunteer and for the BBQ meal that followed, but part way through I realized that perhaps for the first time I was getting a [...]
Aaron Marcelli | March 5, 2010
A few weeks ago Katy and I (at her request) went to a NHL hockey game. I had not been to a hockey game since middle school and I’m not sure if she had ever been, but we thought it would be fun. And it was. I went all out and got us the ‘all [...]
Aaron Marcelli | January 22, 2010
My fiancé and I started premarital counseling this past week. One of the things we were asked to do was make a list of all the things we feel are strengths of our relationship. I really liked the way Katy described us when she was reading her list and said, “We agree on most things [...]
Aaron Marcelli | December 13, 2009
A trap a lot of churches and ministry leaders fall into is jealousy. I heard Perry Noble once say that the church and pastors are great at mourning with each other, but not very good at celebrating with each other. We can’t be happy for another church or pastor’s success because we are leery of [...]
Aaron Marcelli | December 8, 2009
A couple of months ago Outreach Magazine released their annual study which lists America’s 100 largest as well as 100 fastest growing churches. This always creates a lot of stir in the blogging world. It’s as though the moment the lists come out there is a gunshot and someone screaming “let the mudslinging begin”. I [...]
Aaron Marcelli | November 29, 2009
A little over a year ago I was eating at an Applebee’s in Chattanooga when a college friend spotted me and came over to talk. In getting an update on my life he found out about my leaving the church I had been on staff at and proceeded to ask me what church I was [...]
Aaron Marcelli | September 29, 2009
It wasn’t until just last week, when I was talking to my pastor and he mentioned it, that I heard about Gary Lamb’s resignation. Gary was a church planter in Canton, Georgia who started a church in that community just five years ago. The church was purposeful in creating a casual atmosphere of grace, love, [...]
Aaron Marcelli | August 16, 2009
August 23rd – 26th I will be at Grove Level Baptist Church to hear Dr. Richard Blackaby. The son of Henry Blackaby, Richard is also an author as well as a former seminary president who communicates clearly through powerful stories. September 10th – 14th I will be in Ohio to visit family and friends. I [...]
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