Tag: Church

  • Communication With A Cause – Impacting

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    It’s what God has called us to do. It’s why the Holy Spirit is living and active. It’s why out of any organization Jesus could have begun during His time on earth, He chose the church. We’re called to IMPACT. We’re not called to connect with people just like ourselves for the sake of being…

  • Communication With A Cause – Connecting

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    From the very beginning, God created man for fellowship. For years, that meant we had to be physically present with someone in order to connect with them. Since social media has begun it’s rapid rise in popularity, we have a new way to connect with people that we would have never been able to at…

  • Communication With A Cause: #SocialMedia Without the Noise

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    Social media has changed the way you and I interact forever. People keep saying it’s just a fad, that it’ll just go away, but I have to believe it’s here to stay… At least it’s here long enough for us to use it to our advantage. Different people have different reasons for being involved in…

  • 6 Leadership Lessons From Acts 9

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    I was reading through Acts a few days ago and came to Acts 9. We often view this chapter as the conversion of Saul, but it has a lot more than just one event. Here are some leadership lessons I jotted down as I was reading… 1. Significant impact is often made by ordinary people…

  • Every Tribe.

    Yesterday, I came across this article on CNN.com and this photo. I can’t help but think of this…. Matthew 28:18-20 (NIV) Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.  Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the…

  • 5 Signs It’s Not About Jesus

    We live in a messed up world. People have taken something that is so easy and revolutionary and turned it into something complicated and regular. Here are 5 signs that what you have isn’t Jesus, but something else… 1. You believe that people around you are suddenly unworthy of your company because you’re a “Christian.”…

  • You Can’t Fry Everything

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    I love fried food….too much. When Melissa and I got a fryer a couple of Christmas’s ago, we immediately began to fry EVERYTHING. After a week or two, we started to think about how easy it is to fry something instead of cooking it the right way and the healthy way. In leadership, we can’t…

  • Feelin Around In The Dark

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    A few nights ago I had trouble going to sleep. After an hour of tossing and turning, I decided just to get up for a few minutes and try again later. Like every person awake well after their bedtime, I decided I needed something to eat. So, I grabbed the bag of M&M’s on the…

  • Turning People UPSIDE Down

    The goal of God. The goal of Jesus. The goal of Paul. The goal of Peter. The goal of our early church fathers. The goal of your local church. The goal of you. Is to see old and dead people become new and alive. 2 Corinthians 5:17 “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is…

  • Squealing Tires, Black Marks, & Moving Forward

    When I first got my driver’s license, my friends and I used to have a little fun in our cars. What we did wasn’t that safe for our lives or for our cars, but here’s what we liked to do… We’d find a straight stretch of road with little traffic. We’d come to a complete…