Seek God. Love God. Love and Serve Others.
Don’t just write “Happy Birthday” on your friend’s Facebook page. Call her! Feed someone. Organize a Bible study. Leave a 50% tip. Help someone with a chore. Write a thank you note. Send it through the mail. Greet others with a smile. Pray with a friend or coworker. Forgive someone. Forgive a debt. Invite a friend to […]
Read MoreYesterday I watched a recording of a sermon given by Pastor Harvey Carey at the 2009 Global Leadership Summit. The entire speech was as convicting as it was inspiring. But one thing that struck me was a phrase Pastor Carey used: paralysis of analysis. Basically, we tend to over think things, often to the point […]
Read MorePeople will let us down. Even the good ones, the ones we think will never hurt us. Fathers included. Just ask my sons. This weekend, we honor our fathers and stepfathers and grandfathers and guardians and mentors. We thank them for their love and support, their advice and their provision. And at the same time, […]
Read MoreRichard, a gentleman from our church, shared the following story with me about a mission trip the church took to Vermont. One of the ministers on the trip gave Richard and each person on the church’s construction team $50 to extend kindness to others. Here’s Richard’s story:
Read MoreHow do you begin the church marketing process? Start by asking yourself these questions: Who are we trying to reach? What are we trying to tell them? What are they truly seeing in us? Have we truly assessed the strengths of our congregation? Have we polled the congregation to identify what works? Why are people […]
Read MoreI am amazed at the amount of resources — time and effort — our church devotes summer activities for children. Preschool camp. Fine arts camp. Sports camp. Fishing. Skating. Youth activities. Missions. The list goes on. As a parent of three boys, this excites me. Why?
Read MoreAs Christians, we are supposed to be exceptional stewards of our resources. But as humans in the 21st Century, we continually seek the latest and greatest high-tech gadget to make our lives easier. If there’s an app for it, we buy it. If there’s a quicker way to communicate, we invest in it. If everybody […]
Read MoreI’ve been reading Jon Acuff‘s new book Start. So far, it’s a very good read, and it’s encouraging because it addresses directly (and almost exactly) what I’m experiencing in my life right now. In Chapter 4, Jon asks two questions that have impacted my perspective. Here are the questions:
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