Highland Church of Christ
05/9 2010 Posted in Archive | 27 comments
Let me begin by saying this has been one of the strangest seasons of our little families life. For the past few months we have been in dialogue with the Highland church in Abilene about my coming on board as their new Preaching Minister. But we’ve had a few other things going on as well, like trying to stay plugged into my family as a good husband and father, a full time job (that I already loved) and did I mention that we had a brand new baby?
All that to say that these past few weeks have felt like it we didn’t have solid ground under our feet, everything was up in the air, and we’ve spent a lot of time trying to discern God’s will for us. Today, Leslie and I made public our decision to join the Highland Church of Christ in Abilene, beginning in August.
This transition is bittersweet. READ MORE
Church Politics
09/29 2009 Posted in Archive | 14 comments
I still remember the church service where my dad got into a fight.
Okay, he only kind of got into a fight. It was a business meeting and dad had mentioned an idea he had for a ministry opportunity. Now dad didn’t know that his idea involved messing with a sacred cow that one of the other men of the church had. And this man was wealthier. He’d been going to that church for years, and so when he said no everybody listened.
I found out later that this was called church politics.
And I didn’t like it. READ MORE
Rich Where It Counts
07/19 2009 Posted in Selected Teachings | 0 comments
Diversions #3 Rich Where It Counts John D. Rockefeller’s was asked once “How much is enough?” His answer was classic…”One more dollar.” We have this insatiable appetite for more. But what if more isn’t actually measured in dollars and cents? What if there was a wealth that didn’t involve accumulating but releasing?
Family Pictures
So this post is going to be a lot more interesting to my parents than most of you. A couple of Friday’s ago, Leslie and I took Eden and Samuel to the Botanical Gardens to have our pictures taken with our new friend Debbie Riggs. She was kind enough to stop by on her way in from Abilene, and she took our first pictures as a family since Samuel was born. READ MORE
An Open Letter to Rick Atchley
Rick, I know that most of the times when someone writes a letter like this there’s a chance that it’s not a good one. Anybody who does something significant with their life is going to have their detractors, and you’ve got yours. But, in the words of Theodore Roosevelt, “It’s not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or when the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood…who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and who at the worst if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly.”
And so for once, I thought it might be nice to have a public letter like this:
When we first met I was an outreach intern, I heard you preach for the first time and thought “This guy’s got some game.” So I asked you to hang out. You kindly said that you were busy. Something about running the largest church of Christ in the world. You may not remember this, but I told you that I’d mow your lawn or wash your car to free up some time for you. And you did. Thanks for spending time with me, without taking me up on that. My landscaping skills are pretty shaky.
But despite your busy schedule (and trust me I now understand just how busy it is) You gave me two Scriptures, John 12:1-11 and Philippians 2:1-12, and asked me to show how I’d preach them. And that’s how it all started… READ MORE
Did You Know?
Some of you may remember that last month RHCC was going through a time of equipping for social media. It was nothing spectacular, we were just trying to make sure that all the minsters knew about the potential tools for ministry that were out there…and how to use them.
We showed this video there, and got a tremendous amount of feedback from it. So I wanted to show it here. Did any of these statistics surprise you? What does this change in your world if all this is true? READ MORE
Terra Incognita
Christopher Columbus was no saint. Most people who took any form of American History class know that, including Columbus. He admitted in his diary on several occasions that he was a great sinner. But, like most of us, there was more to him than just his mistakes.
Mark Patterson, in his book, “Wild Goose Chase” points out that Columbus genuinely felt like he was on a divine mission from God. He felt the Lord’s hand guiding him, when other people were too busy mocking the idea of his travels, Columbus believed that God was behind him.
And here’s why that’s cool: READ MORE
Times and Places
I remember when I was a senior at Harding University, I was in a class with Dr. Fortner that fascinated me. Fortner was an acquired taste for me as a teacher. He was kind of like coffee ice cream, the first few bites, you’re thinking, ‘Why would anyone ever decide to make this?’ But the taste haunts you, and eventually you are addicted. My favorite part having a Fortner class was that he would ask the most brash questions about everything. Nothing was off limits. And while that led to my leaving class on many occasions feeling pretty uncomfortable, he gave me more than answers, he gave me the ability to ask better questions. READ MORE
best. party. ever.
So this is the last video in our small group series, “Jesus Throws the Best Parties.” (Click on the Read More at the bottom to see it in a large window). Since the beginning of this little project, our hope has been that this could be a series that could bless other churches, not only RHCC. Because the Richland Hills church has a lot of resources that other churches might not have (like a large video production center) we were hoping to share some of the resources with other churches. READ MORE
My name is Jonathan Storment. I am the Associate Preaching Minister at the Richland Hills Church of Christ, Leslie and I married in 2003, and have a daughter Eden and a boy on the way. We love reading, traveling, life-affirming movies, happy music, and long meals with good friends. We are passionate about bringing Heaven to Earth and want to follow Jesus while repainting discipleship for those around us. 
