There are days and weeks where we feel like the world is dumping on us. Similar to New Orleans, we feel like storm after storm rages, and just when we pick ourselves up, another one hits. The thing that gets me is that throughout scripture, storms often accompany an encounter with God. When God spoke […]
Do you need a new perspective? Here is something that might help: What do you do to change your perspective, especially on the days when people annoy you?
Hannah is coming to your church this Sunday. Until two weeks ago, Hannah lived at home. For the first time in her life, she is on her own and looking for stability. Research shows that most of your college student visitors will be in the first three weeks of the school year. Are you ready […]
If your life is anything like mine, you have 10 things pulling you in 10 different ways. Most days it feels like 50 little grappling hooks, determined to redirect your life. When I feel overwhelmed, I am drawn to retreat. For me, retreat might be a good book, a TV show, or solitaire (the game) […]
There is a flow when life works. When life doesn’t work, we live in that dark, difficult place of pain, anger, fear and depression. Then we wonder: What can I do to make life work? How can I get past these bad feelings and live again? Jesus understood what it is like to be in […]
Trina is in a situation that is of her own making – at least she thinks so. You see, last Tuesday she got home a bit late from work and didn’t get dinner done on time. The kids were cranky, and the tension in the house boiled to the point that her husband blew a […]
Enjoy: What makes you the one in charge? Do your expectations of a good leader change with the situation?
Do you need help? If not, then you must be a fantastic recruiter, because every person in ministry has more on their plate than they can handle. God did this on purpose. When we pull people in to work alongside us, we provide them with a way to connect. How do you get people to […]
In college, I faced a difficult decision. A church, two states away, called me to be their youth pastor. The pastor was excited to have me come, and had arranged to drive to my school and move me south. Quite suddenly, this road that I had been walking felt wrong. I will never know if […]
Have you ever invited people to argue with you? A trainer once taught me that we all have a fight or flight response – but people tend to lean toward one or the another. When hurt, scared or overwhelmed, people either fight or flee. The problem is that if we let ourselves get into the […]