The moment Christ became real to me
I remember the moment Christ became real to me. It was a Sunday morning. I was in college. And a friend of mine dragged me to a church service -- one unlike any that I'd ....
Tag: Jesus
It’s the prayingest little church
Some friends of ours attend a small church in a rural Missouri community. I know three things about the church: It's a small congregation Much of the congregation is elderly It's the prayingest little church ....
When you miss church, do you really miss it?
I missed church yesterday. My oldest son had a baseball tournament. I missed seeing my friends and worshiping together. I missed the music. I missed the preaching. I missed my Sunday School class and studying ....
A fish tale — and a lesson on taking risks
This past week, I was invited on an adventure. A friend of mine from church asked me to go along with him and three of his friends to the Gulf Coast, where we camped at ....
‘Doing nothing’ is not a fun job
Have you ever had a job where you get paid to do nothing? Some might think that's a great job. It's not. If you're sitting there all day and you're not being challenged and you're ....
Book recommendation: Love Does by Bob Goff (buy it, read it, underline it)
Have you ever had one of those books that, when you read it, you find yourself underlining key passages? And then you realize you should just underline every word because it's THAT good and THAT ....
Acknowledge good works publicly
I spent the day Thursday enjoying a professional development conference and hearing from experienced professionals from the worlds of social media, crisis communications, event planning, public relations, media relations, and business etiquette. One speaker, an ....
Church Marketing: Put it in Writing
Yesterday morning I was reading the opening verses in the Gospel of John. Beautiful verses. Powerful. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was ....
Expressing the ‘inexpressible’
The Apostle Peter writes: Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, ....
Challenge: Read this quote. Tell me what it means to you.
"You don't need to reclaim a Christian nation to win a nation back to Christ." -- Dr. John Dickson, speaker, author, biblical historian What does this mean to you? What does it look like? *** Dr. John ....