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How to Pick Your Battles 26 Aug 2013 | 09:23 pm
Which battles are worth fighting? If a minister wanted to do so, he or she could make a full-time job out of church battles. One could confront everything one found difficult. There are few such peop...
Friday Stream of Consciousness – 90 23 Aug 2013 | 09:47 pm
Here are some things on my mind this Friday morning: Vin Scully is coming back for a 65th year of broadcasting Dodger Baseball. He is, in my opinion, the greatest of them all. I know Tiger, Cardinal,...
Do You Enjoy Ministry? 19 Aug 2013 | 09:04 pm
Indulge me for just a moment: Yesterday was such a great day of ministry I could barely go to sleep. I enjoyed it so much, I found myself saying, “I can’t believe I get to do this!” The praise was po...
Feed the River 14 Aug 2013 | 09:18 pm
Does your church system have retention ponds…those ministries that operate completely on their own—the proverbial church within a church? These ministries typically create their own mission and thus h...
Friday Stream of Consciousness – 89 9 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
Here are some things on my mind this morning: It’s been a couple of weeks since I’ve posted Friday Stream of Consciousness, because of travels. So, it’s good to back. I’m at that point where my Ever...
What Have You Planted? 31 Jul 2013 | 09:04 pm
We reap what we sow. It’s a biblical principle found in Galatians rooted in the issue of sin, but I’ve found it applies to most areas of leadership in the church. The scenario I mention below is a gen...
There’s No Such Thing as Non-Receptivity 29 Jul 2013 | 11:30 pm
Well, at least, not the way we mean it when we say it. What we usually mean is, “The people there are virtually unreachable,” or “Our resources are better spent elsewhere because there are areas in wh...
If They Ain’t Against You, They’re for You 24 Jul 2013 | 07:48 am
My parents didn’t raise me to be a sectarian. I don’t know where I got it from. I was born and raised in the Church of Christ, which I’m sure had something to do with it—though most churches I interac...
Leadership Lessons from Overseas – Why Go? 22 Jul 2013 | 10:32 pm
This morning, I’m leaving with some other pastors for a vision trip sponsored by Compassion International. I’m sorry to say, the last time I was overseas for mission purposes was in 2001, when I spent...
Friday Stream of Consciousness – 88 19 Jul 2013 | 09:00 pm
Here are some things on my mind this Friday morning: I’ve resisted commenting on the Trayvon Martin situation because there are a lot of people out there doing a lot of commenting and I just didn’t s...
