Cody Thomas

For many churches, a church website is viewed by pastors and church leadership as an afterthought or something insignificant to their ministry. Many churches don’t even have a website. Of the churches that do have a website, most of those are ineffective websites. Why are they ineffective? Here are just a few reasons:

Poorly designed. Either [...]

Back in the day, more specifically antebellum America days (late 1700s-early 1800s), church denominations utilized a system of pastoring called “circuit riding”. Here’s how it worked. In that time period, much of frontier America was made up of small towns, or barely even that. Most of the frontier was very sparsely populated. Most areas barely [...]

In my previous post, I talked about some new perspectives on my understanding of a “call to full-time ministry” and, more specifically, my own call to ministry. (For context, you should definitely read that post before diving into this one.)
So, where does this leave me now? Where am I at and where am I going?
So [...]

I know I have been absent from here for awhile now. I haven’t posted in almost four months. But I’m back and I hope to get back to some more frequent writing on here. First off, I want to tell you guys about some new paths in my life. However, for you to know where [...]

Yesterday, I had the opportunity to watch some of the streaming video interviews on StoryUnfolding.com. They had an awesome group of writers, musicians, and storytellers all in one room to talk about telling the greatest story–the story of Jesus and our redemption.
One part of the conversation stuck out to me more than the rest, a [...]

Here’s some updates about life for me. What I’ve been doing, what I’ve been thinking, and what’s next on the horizon.

In three days, I will be married for two months. Wow. Sometimes it still blows me away that we are married. It took so long to get there (I don’t suggest engagements longer than a [...]

What is the greatest threat to the institution of marriage?

3-5% of the American population claim to be homosexual (not just inside the church)
26-33% is the conservative divorce rate inside the church
50-60% of Christian men have intentionally looked at porn recently (most of whom are addicted)

The Religious Right wants us to think that same-sex marriage is [...]

Thanks to everyone for joining in the “thrifty life” conversation and providing tips to living on less and spending less. You can still add comments to keep that conversation going.
My wife and I have been doing some of the tips that were mentioned and some other things to save money. Some of the ideas in [...]

Alright, it’s your turn to speak your mind. I want to hear from you.
As a newly married couple, we are trying to find all the ways we can to save money. Mostly because we barely have any. Also because we want to save money to get out of our debt as soon as possible!
So, that’s [...]

One of the songs on the new Derek Webb album (”Stockholm Syndrome”) is titled, Freddie, Please. The song sounds exactly like a 50’s doo wop ballad. However, the song is far more depressing than your normal 50’s love song.
The song was written towards Fred Phelps, who is the pastor and leader of the extremely controversial [...]