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Learning, growing, and maybe ranting.
Our Prayers Make a Difference
Here is the long overdue third part of my three part video series on prayer. Your prayers make a difference! How big of a difference? Watch and find out! In cased you missed the first two parts, you can watch part one here and watch part two here. Enjoy!
To Cross Or Not To Cross
Most of you know that I had the honor of starting a new church last September. We've experienced some really great things, God is moving in our congregation, and our baby church is growing up fast. It's been really cool and most of us have the strong feeling that...
The ART of Pain
Not to long ago, a friend of mine recommended I see an ART specialist for some severe back pain I was having. If you're not familiar with ART, it stands for active release technique and it's practiced by only a small number of professionals across the country, many...
Big Box Church Leadership
I make mistakes. Sometimes I learn from them. Here's one I'm chewing on...
I Got Killed In a Movie
Recently, I had the pleasure of appearing in a micro-budget independent film produced right here in the Quad Cities. It was directed by David Clevenger of Shepherd King Films, his fourth film. I had a very small part, but I got to say the best line (I made it up)......
Learning How to Pray from Napolean Bonaparte
I read, in a book, this story about Napolean. It goes like this: The great French conqueror, Napolean, in his quest to rule the world, was quite surprised on one occasion when he encountered unexpected resistance while attempting to capture an island in the...
Church Planters Beware!
When I was a wee lad, I remember going to the store with my dad. He'd give me five bucks or so, and I'd walk around all wide-eyed to see what I could buy. My dad was pretty street wise and he's always make sure to remind me to do two things. First, he'd tell me to...
Serving with Passion!
I get tired. It's true! I know I'm part of some pretty awesome stuff. I'm partnering with God to write history. But I still get tired. Sometimes I even go beyond tired and get self-centered, petty, and prideful. How does this happen to me? Well, there's this...
How to Make Sure You’ll Never Lead
I'm pretty fortunate. Many years ago, when I was working my first full-time church staff position, my pastor made sure to invest lots of leadership training in me. We watched leadership videos together, had lengthy discussions about leadership, and he was willing to...