When you need to get work done, where do you go? I mean, when you REALLY have to get something done. The office or the kitchen? The conference room or the coffee shop? The library or the porch? Granted, it may depend on what you're trying to accomplish. But if you're looking to churn out [...]
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We have plenty of stuff about Jesus, but do we really have Jesus? I'm sure the world cares less about our buildings, our programs, our camps, and our statement of faith than they do about really seeing Jesus among us. Jesus in us. Jesus through us. Don't get me wrong. I appreciate buildings, programs, camps [...]
I give lip service to this whole God thing Coming in here and praying and praising Lifting up holy hands, bending holy knees, while looking at my holy watch… But I wonder if this is what I really worship If you want to see my worship Don't stand next to me here in this place [...]
I tweeted early this morning how God cracks me up. And I'm pretty sure the feeling is mutual. Believe it or not, as I write this, I'm a little bit giggly. It's been one of those weeks. Sunday morning worship was filled with distractions, technical snafus, disrupting cell phones, random feedback and other noises…all which [...]
For better or for worse, all you and I will ever know is comprised of what we experience and what we read. The end. And who I am is simply the grand total of that composition. I was recently tagged by a good friend to make a list of the most influential 15 authors [...]
I don't know where you may fall on the whole 'Halloween Thing". I have friends who love Jesus who sincerely believe it's solely Satanic and part of the downfall of our family-values bubble world. On the other hand, I have other friends who passionately pursue Jesus and still approach Halloween with all the vigor of [...]
Remember, ministry (and life) will kill you. It’s supposed to. It’s designed to reveal God’s strength through your weakness. His success in the midst of your failure. His greatness among your feebleness. And mine. The story goes that Mother Teresa was approached by a young man who wanted to know God’s will for his [...]
I recently met up with a long-time ministry friend who just got out of rehab. Let’s call him Wayne. I first met Wayne while I was serving at my first church. He was one of ‘those guys’: the ones with an amazing journey of finding Jesus. His life-story included being raised by a cocaine-using father, [...]
(continued from Part 1…) So, yeah, my stomach turned. What had long been unspoken expectations in ministry had finally reared its ugly and verbal head. In an instant, the tables had turned and I had become Alice, trapped in the rabbit hole, afraid I would never get out of Wonderland. I was surrounded by [...]