Living with or Ministering to a Stroke Victim
I’m sure some of my acquaintances will tell me I shouldn’t have posted this to my blog. They may be right but I feel compelled to post it because it might help someone. Isn’t that what Christians are supposed to do? I want to help anyone who has a spouse who has had a stroke […]
Living with and Ministering to a Stroke Victim
I’m sure some of my acquaintances will tell me I shouldn’t have written this article. They may be right but I feel compelled to share it because it might help someone. Isn’t that what Christians are supposed to do? I want to help anyone who has a relationship with a spouse who has had a stroke […]
Staff to Your Weaknesses
Good leaders not only know and play to their strengths; they are painfully aware of their weaknesses as well. The difference between a good leader and a great leader, however, is what they do about those weaknesses. Good leaders know their weaknesses and too often expend untold resources and energy in converting those weaknesses into […]
The Permanent Revolution is a Great Read
The Permanent Revolution, by Alan Hirsch and Tim Catchim Let the fireworks begin! You’ll either love The Permanent Revolution or you’ll hate it. Hirsch and Catchim have opened a huge can of worms that has been rotting for centuries. What can am I referring to? The Apostolic can. The authors declare that it is impossible for […]
Play to Your Strengths
One of the most disconcerting practices I find in the church is the near obsession we have with our faults and our weaknesses. I’m not sure who to blame for what amounts to bad theology, but it seems that Augustine, Calvin, Luther, and Wesley may all share some of it. Or perhaps it’s the whole […]
The Power of Choice
I just finished reading a book synopsis on a flight to the deep South. Sheena Ivengar’s Art of Choosing provided me some grist to grind as I secret-shopped a mid-sized church in Texas (with an average worship attendance of around 300). Although this church hosted both traditional and contemporary worship services, I noticed in both services […]