Here’s a great leadership question: “Is what got us here going to take us where we are going?”I’ve got to ask myself that all the time. Is the ministry style that brought Good Shepherd to 1500 people per Sunday what it will take to move us to 2000 per Sunday and beyond? Is the kind Read the full article…
Christianity is full of hard truths. For example: Eternal separation from God does in fact exist. When we say ‘Jesus is Lord’ by definition that means Mohammed, Buddha, Krishna and others are not Lord. Jesus’ followers are to tithe . . . which still means 10%. Sexual intimacy is blessed only in marriage. Jesus really Read the full article…
There’s a new restaurant in our area with the rather clever name of Passion8 Bistro. Passionate. And I was asked recently, “what are you passionate about in ministry?” Behind that question was the wise observation that the church will tend to follow the lead of its pastor; that the congregation will inevitably be drawn to Read the full article…
On Saturday morning, I went to a seminar that our church hosted called Class Matters.Led by Paul Hanneman of the Urban Ministry Center and Wanda Anderson of Crisis Assistance Ministry, the seminar gave a framework for understanding the vastly different mindsets of people living in chronic poverty and those who are comfortably middle class. We Read the full article…
I’ve often heard that Sugar Ray Leonard was pound for pound the best boxer of them all. Meaning that he wasn’t the biggest or the strongest, but if you put his skills and his heart into to body of a heavyweight, no one could beat him. Maybe that’s true. As we move into Round Two Read the full article…
