ministry

  • Spiritual Anorexia

    For as long as I can remember, I’ve battled a weight problem. As a 10 year old boy, I can remember knowing that I wasn’t happy with the way I looked and felt. In fact, I can distinctly remember thinking time and time again as I looked in the mirror, “I don’t feel like…

  • Leaders Lead

    Leaders…Lead. Leaders are followed. Leaders make decisions. Leaders demonstrate the right way. Leaders step out first. Leaders dare to be different. Leaders set themselves apart. Leaders aren’t afraid of crunch time. Leaders don’t follow the crowd. Leaders don’t always choose easy. Leaders choose right over popular. Leaders are willing to invest in people. It…

  • The Campfire Principle: Ministry

    I’m not really much of an outdoorsman, but I have sat around a campfire enough to know that, if you don’t make an effort to keep a campfire going, it eventually dies out. With a campfire, you have to consistently add wood and stoke the fire to keep it burning. I think the same…

  • What Christians Can Learn From Animals

    This video has been around a while. Many of you have probably seen it. But, for those that haven’t, you really need to! Seriously, why can’t humans do this? Better yet, why can’t CHRISTIANS do this? Instead, we let the color of our skin seperate our worship services. Instead, we let a small issues…

  • The Power of the Moment

    Don’t under-estimate the power of one single moment. One moment you spend with someone that’s hurting. One second in a conversation that you have. One sentence in a sermon you speak. One moment in time, has the potential to change lives. Don’t miss the opportunity contained in a moment as you… Spend a few…

  • Wimps Accomplish Nothing!

    I read a post by Seth Godin the other day that hit me like a ton of bricks. Here’s the part that left me thinking… Or consider the way we resist opportunities to lead, to connect, to do work that matters. We don’t resist because we’re not capable of it… we resist because if…