Leadership Challenge…Heading Into the Weekend – High Level Leaders Balance Blessing and Challenge
My observation, through the years, is that the highest-level leaders have a gift of challenging and stretching those they lead, and also blessing them with words of encouragement. Our words are more powerful than we know and regular challenges with no affirmation are not healthy. …
Read MoreOrganic Outreach Encouragement…For the Middle of the Week
Names. They really matter. To be honest, I am terrible with names. This is a challenge for me. But, because I know that remembering names speaks volumes to people, I am working harder at it. I have met a few new people in the past …
Read MoreDraw Near to God…Thoughts for a Monday Morning – Reckless Prayers
Prayer is not passive. It might be the most powerful, active, and dangerous thing we do in any given day. In the book, Reckless Faith, I look at five prayers that can transform and revolutionize your life and faith. Here are two of them. The …
Read MoreDraw Near to God…Thoughts for a Monday Morning – Loving the God Who Loves You
How much appreciation and love would you have for someone who saved your life? The small group Sherry and I lead is studying the book, Reckless Faith together. Last night we talked about God’s reckless love for sinful and rebellious children. We were all amazed …
Read MoreReckless Faith Program / Canada (Part3)
This week’s blog posts will be highlighting Reckless Faith. Check out part 3 of a 3 part TV program produced by “My New Day” TV, in Canada. Reckless Faith Part 3
Read MoreReckless Faith Program / Canada (Part2)
This week’s blog posts will be highlighting Reckless Faith. Check out part 2 of a 3 part TV program produced by “My New Day” TV, in Canada. Reckless Faith Part 2
Read MoreReckless Faith Program / Canada
This week’s blog posts will be highlighting Reckless Faith. Check out part 1 of a 3 part TV program produced by “My New Day” TV, in Canada. Reckless Faith Part 1
Read MoreOrganic Outreach Encouragement…For the Middle of the Week: Point People to Other Churches
I received an email this past week from a friend who happens to be the Lead Pastor of a great church just one city away from where I pastor. He wanted me to know that a wonderful couple from his church was now attending the …
Read MoreDraw Near to God…Thoughts for a Monday Morning: Meeting God in Grief and Loss
Very dear friends received a late night phone call that no one wants to get. It was a call that has changed the course of their lives. “Your son was in a fatal crash, he is gone.” I have been a pastor and follower of …
Read MoreLeadership Challenge…Heading Into the Weekend: Order with Innovation
Ministries, Christian businesses, and Non-Profit organizations can function in many ways. I have come up with three terms I use to describe where an organization is in its evolution. I have a graph I use to help make sense of these three seasons. It sets …
Read MoreOrganic Outreach Encouragement…For the Middle of the Week: It Comes Down to Jesus
I knew I would see poverty while in El Salvador and Honduras, but I learned something about the breadth of poverty. I was invited into one-room shacks with no running water, no electricity, and no toilet. I saw people who live with nothing and have …
Read MoreDraw Near to God… What Does Worship Look Like
I write this blog on a plane flying from San Salvador to San Francisco. No connecting flights. One plane ride and a handful of hours will take me from one world to a radically different one. Over the past days I have prayed with dear …
Read MoreLeadership Challenge…Heading Into the Weekend – Sabbath Rest
God calls His people to rest. He builds it into the flow and rhythm of our lives. In the second chapter of Genesis, God gave His children an example by resting…though He did not need to rest. Then, in Exodus twenty, in the Ten Commandments, …
Read MoreOrganic Outreach Encouragement…For the Middle of the Week – Putting Your Faith Into Words
At the 2012 Organic Outreach Conference we heard from two speakers who are gifted and skilled apologists. Both Mark Mittelberg and Nabeel Qureshi are trained in apologetics and are highly skilled at defending the Christian faith with sound and wise argument. In a panel discussion …
Read MoreDraw Near to God…Thoughts for a Monday Morning – Put It On The Scale
In 2 Corinthians 4:17 the apostle Paul writes, “For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.” C.S. Lewis called this, “The weight of glory.” The apostle Paul’s message is clear. If we could put all …
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