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How Mission Connects To Discipline
March 12, 2014 0

Those of you who know me well — or who just read yesterday’s post — know that I am a super-disciplined person. I complete projects well in advance, I show up to meetings and events early, I live by my routines, and I follow rules. Yet I am an undisciplined leader. That’s right.  While focused Read the full article…

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Top Five Tuesday — Top Five Things That Give Me A LITTLE MORE Comfort Than They Probably Should
March 11, 2014 1

A little over a year ago, I turned a “Top Five Tuesday space into a confessional of sorts — I came clean on five of the ways I’m more than a little anal-retentive. In that same vein, I’ve noticed that as I get older, there are certain things in life that bring me a little more Read the full article…

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When An English Speaker Preaches A Spanish Sermon
March 10, 2014 0

While James-Michael Smith brought our English version of The Shadow Of A Doubt to a resurrection-worthy conclusion yesterday, I did the same with our Latino congregation. At 11:30, I crossed Moss Road — en el otro lado de la calle — entered our Corner Campus and was there greeting by our thriving community of Spanish Read the full article…

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Shadow Of A Doubt, Week 5 — Doubt Reduction
March 7, 2014 0

This Sunday is the final episode of The Shadow Of A Doubt. By way of review, we’ve experienced the following together: When you are honest about where you are, Jesus is faithful to show who he is.“To whom shall we go?” . . .  the alternatives to faith stink!When you sneer ‘yeah right’ God says Read the full article…

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Who In The Hebrew Scriptures Points To Jesus?
March 6, 2014 1

I learned something phenomenal this week. Something that I could have/should have learned earlier had I been paying closer attention to the nuances of Romans 4. Back to the question that is the title of today’s post:  Who in the Hebrew Scriptures Points To Jesus? Most of us would give a variety of answers, including Read the full article…

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