Navigating Life When Things Get Hard
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Here’s to a Great 2015
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Is God’s Will A Pre-Determined Path For Your Life? The Answer Might Surprise You
Should I take that job? Is he the one? What should I study in school? Should we sell the house? These are big questions related to discovering God's will for your life. Behind all of
Is Discipleship More Like Being a Guru or a Sherpa?
The call of Jesus to Christians is clear, "Go and make disciples" (Matthew 28:19), but do we really know how to make disciples? Or are we just really good and describing a disciple? When asked
Imitation or Incarnation?
Growing up in Christian sub-culture of the 90's there was one question everyone was asking - WWJD? What would Jesus do? We loved this question. We put it on our bracelets (and then wore them
Ships
Many churches in the US are organized around two ships; the leadership and the fellowship. Let's think about these terms for a second.....the leadership.....the fellowship......the leader ship.......the fellow ship. When the community in a local
We Need Followers, Not Leaders
I want to be the best pastor I can be. Since the position of pastor is a position of leadership, the truth is I want to be the best leader I can be. Which is
Reverse Offering Stories – Part 2
On 9/8/13 we gave our congregation money to go and be generous. We called it a “reverse offering” and our goal was to jumpstart generosity in our community. One-time generosity takes courage and becoming generous
Reverse Offering Stories
On 9/8/13 we gave our congregation money to go and be generous. We called it a "reverse offering" and our goal was to jumpstart generosity in our community. One-time generosity takes courage and becoming generous
Violence Breeds Violence
I know a post on guns seems late. In a world where news comes to us so quickly, our memories get shorter and shorter. Perhaps we could not be so easily distracted and continue to