Aug 4, 2010

We are a broken people. If you question the truth of the previous statement, volunteer in a ministry at your church for a little while.  You’ll come around. We recently had a situation where there was allegedly a “no contact restraining order” between a 3rd grade girl and a 4th grade girl at Vacation Bible School (I couldn’t make this...

Jan 26, 2010

The other day, I was taking pictures of the deer in our yard (We live in the middle of town, but they don’t really seem to mind…) and through my viewfinder, I see a deer squatting down to do her business. I thought to myself : “in many years of hunting, growing up on a farm, and living in rural areas, I’ve never seen a deer answer...

Jan 15, 2010

A friend of mine has had some uneasy nights of rest wrestling what to do about the earthquake victims in Haiti. God has led him to start a blog and put things in motion toward taking a team there. I have done a promo video for him called “Pray, Give, Go”. I pray that God will use you to whatever capacity He determines in blessing these people of a...

Jan 14, 2010

Sometimes defining leadership can be as easy as nailing Jell-o to a wall…. I’ve been reading, studying and praying (not in that order,,,) about leadership in the last few weeks while working with our church’s Lead Team for 2010/2011’s planning and vision meetings. I ran across this article on how to ensure a boring church. I think that...

Dec 23, 2009

Are we truly giving God all He deserves? Last night at a Prayer meeting I attend, one of the leaders in our Men’s Ministry prayed a prayer that struck me and challenged with a few phrases : “God Help us remember it’s all yours, everything” - We in America in 2009 (soon to be 2010) are in much the same position that the Israelites  have...