Have you ever met these guys? The Church Planting Zen Masters? The Start Up Yodas? These are the guys who have spent zero time in the trenches, zero time in boot camp, zero time on the field, and 99.9 percent of their church experience in the bleachers. Seriously, they’ve somehow learned all there is to […]
READ MOREWhen it comes to sin, have you noticed that everyone seems to have an subconscious scale of sorts? I’m talking about that spiritual gauge we apply to others and seldom (if ever) apply to ourselves. The following are common ways I’ve heard it applied: The stuff Hitler did ranks right at a 10 My friend’s […]
READ MORETrail fail ain’t fun—that much you can be very sure of. If you don’t have any idea what I am talking about, go to yesterday’s post, here, or just scroll down. So, the gist of what I’m saying is that we ‘become what we are committed to.’ We head straight for that which has our […]
READ MOREDon’t Crash into that Huge, Narly Boulder! I have really come to love mountain biking! There are few sports in life I have liked this much—slalom, G.S. and downhill (snow skiing) and Motocross come to mind, but few others. I think I would have gone ballistic for surfing but even though my family and I moved […]
READ MORENo, this isn’t a political post. It has nothing to do with that. This has to do with my quiet time this morning. I’m still in the book of Numbers and learning anew about disfunctional leadership and followership. Today it was both. The situation (Cliff Notes version) was that Moses sent out 12 spies to […]
READ MOREEasy choice, right? Seems like it, but the Israelites discovered that the rewards of the promised land were only realized after some pretty big steps of faith—some fairly eye-popping risks! And not just a few—sometimes many. And, sadly, as they stood at the very threshold of their dream country and promised land, with the wilderness at their […]
READ MOREI didn’t forget this series, just needed to give it some more prayerful consideration and careful thought before plowing ahead. If you missed the first one (last week) you can read it by clicking HERE. Now, for context, we should turn to chapter 14 of Romans: 1Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment […]
READ MOREAs some of you know, yesterday—in the early morning hours—I was visited by the ‘kidney stone fairly.’ Unlike other fairies (tooth fairy for example) I didn’t get any cash, all I got was a tiny, jagged edged, rock! Well, that’s when I remembered that I promised my two kids, Nathan 12 and Juliana 10 that […]
READ MOREGetting used to these again are ya? I laid off for a few months—not sure why. Maybe my mind didn’t have anything in it to spare let alone dump. But these days there’s plenty on my mind. It was a great day today at Southbrook. Southbrook central saw more than 50 people give their lives […]
READ MOREThroughout the ages there has been a case of ‘Mistaken Identity.’ It’s fooled Christ followers into wrong responses time and time again. It’s done other harmful things as well… It’s caused a disease to continue on ‘unchecked.’ It’s caused the wrong individuals to take the fall. It’s sapped enthusiasm and passion from entire churches. It’s […]
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