Aug 5th, 2010
I’m a recovering workaholic. This is an area of my life where God’s grace and forgiveness are clearly displayed. This is an area of my life where (again) I am being forced to re-evaluate and re-imagine… and be transformed. It was much tougher for me to learn to practice the spiritual discipline of “BEing” during my [...]
I stumbled upon these quotes from a couple of leaders that I admire:: If the leader is exhausted, then the people following that leader will feel exhausted. + Bill Hybels (Pastor, Willow Creek in Chicago) Never forget that people who follow us are exactly where we have led them. + Andy Stanley (Pastor, North Point [...]
Jun 13th, 2009
My friend Jeffrey D Woodard is on a mission to penetrate the darkness that he has seen in Sub-Saharan Africa with the light of love and hope and faith. Jeff is on a mission with a love for the people of Africa. Jeff has personally seen and experienced the injustice of hunger, violence, disease, brokenness, death, [...]
May 25th, 2009
Have you read this article from WorldNetDaily about a San Diego pastor and his wife who were informed by their county that they are required to stop hosting a Bible Study in their home? (The letter that they received said that they must… “cease/stop religious assembly on parcel or obtain a major use permit.”) Wowza. [...]
May 11th, 2009
In his book, They Like Jesus but Not the Church, Dan Kimball lists four questions (p. 241) that he frequently asks himself in order to remain available to befriend and connect with “unlikely people” that he encounters. These questions are important for me to ask myself as well, because there have been unfortunately large periods [...]
Apr 14th, 2009
Life is one big transition. – Willie Stargell, Hall of Fame baseball player and coach Stargell’s quote infers the inevitable and perpetual transitions that are both BIG and SMALL. My life has been filled with much transition. Some have been big… and some have been small. Some have been smooth… and some that were much [...]
Mar 25th, 2009
This stop-motion animation stuff fascinates me… and makes me laugh. Confession = I’m not much of a Bruce Lee fan… and I’ve never seen the Iron Man movie. But I guess in the end it wasn’t really Iron Man at all… it was the IRON-HOBBITS! Love me some Frodo and Sam… too bad they got [...]
Mar 19th, 2009
Tim Hawkins and I are in agreement on this… Chick-Fil-A is excellentness and amazingness… and there have been numerous times on a Sunday afternoon Chico has yelled “Nuggets Dadda!!!” when driving past Chick-Fil-A. How do you explain the Sabbath to a two-year-old?
I am new to the whole Rita’s Italian Ice thing… but I am loving this FREE “First Day of Spring Giveaway”!!! (I realize that there are many of you reading this who have never experienced the greatness of Rita’s… please understand that this is something you must taste before you die… Yep… a MUST “bucket [...]
Feb 14th, 2009
No matter your opinion of Mark Driscoll, there are many things to be learned from his leadership, mistakes, honesty, and missiology. This was my second Driscoll book to tackle (the first was “The Radical Reformission“… which was phenomenal) and it was read at a perfect time in my life… when I am re-contemplating the role [...]