So how do we deal with our pastor being human? A funny thought I had this morning while meditating on this is that even though Jesus WAS perfect, there were a TON of people who viewed him in less than… Read more
One of the most difficult struggles for many an integritous leader is the weight of unfair public judgments . People are tough on pastors. They place them on unrealistic pedestals & criticize their every word or action. I will never… Read more
I’m going to be very transparent for the sake of education in this blog. I was at a relatively private ministers conference a few years ago with many of the most influential pastors in the world. During an intermission, one… Read more
Today I watched this little boy run around and around the bookshelf at the local coffee house, laughing and thrilled to just be free…Honestly, it was hilarious and one of the cutest things I’ve seen in a long while. Somewhere… Read more
Clichés and Christian words that no one else will know what they mean drive me CRAZY because, for the most part, they simply become thoughtless ways that we learn to communicate. Maybe He does it because He knows I can… Read more
You have been called to a ministry of significance! I was recently reading the book of a pastor of a megachurch and he made the statement that being “on time” or “punctual” is simply not a priority to him. When… Read more
On the VERY DAY they tried to kill me, I chose to forgive them…and on those days over the course of the next year when I had 6 hour physical therapy sessions, appointments with the Psychiatrist or had to take… Read more
When Rocky was barely 2 years old I would ask him “what are you afraid of son?” To which he would reply “Nuffin”(nothing)… then I would ask him “why not” and he would say, “Because God doesn’t give us a… Read more
Is it possible that many of us have simply been educated beyond the point of obedience? A trend I’m seeing is that many of us demand that things make sense and line up with the “formula” that we… Read more
I don’t “sit still” well… Can you relate?! I like it when stuff is going on all around me. I like extreme sports, fast cars, the roar of Harley Davidson motorcycles, and I LOVED the adrenaline of kicking in… Read more