We don’t use any pre-made curriculum for the kid’s ministry. I prefer to instead keep a finger on the pulse of the kids and see what they need spiritually. The last two weeks we’ve been talking about how God changes hearts. Last week we got into how having more of God changes us even more.
I [...]
As the staff of Legacy, we’re required to fill our weekly accountability reports. They are a mix of questions about our week, our relationships and things along that line. I’m not going to lie, sometimes it gets tedious.
But, even in the tedium I still love them. They provide an opportunity to look back on my [...]
I’m currently listening to the audiobook of The Shack. I’ve been told by a lot of people it’s great and I’ve liked it so far. One of the ideas put forth is God being proud of the work we do, like a parent of any child would be.
I look at my kids. They bring me [...]
It seems like every area of my life is causing growing pains right now.
The business is going through growing pains.
The church is going through growing pains.
The kids are going through growing pains.
Growing pains are a pain. But at least it’s all because of growth.
Meet Annette. I discovered her through Anne’s blog when she went to Uganda. According to Anne, Annette only makes a profit of $1 a day from her business as a cook.
I’m currently teaching the Legacy Kids about money. The biggest part of the lessons is looking beyond themselves and helping those in need. As an [...]
A really nice side effect of the WeTheChurch.org launch is that I’m in a constant state of prayer. Every time a new request or praise pops up, I take a second to genuinely speak to God about it.
It made yesterday a refreshing change of pace to always be focused on Him.
WeTheChurch.org had a great first day. We had a lot more people than I expected show up and had some serious prayer requests come in.
But now the hard part…
We need all the help we can get from the blogosphere to help create a community around WeTheChurch.org. We need you to blog it, podcast it, Twitter [...]
Is it possible to stray further from God while maintaining a daily quiet time and spending good amounts of time with Him? Oh yeah. It’s very possible.
Your focus can’t be checking it off the list. “Ok, read my Bible, prayed, now to start the day.” That doesn’t work.
There has to be real interaction between you [...]
In my years at church I’ve heard money taught on mostly as a mathematical formula.
God gives you X. Multiply X times .1 and that’s how much you give to the church.
Does that seem cold to anyone else?
I’ve been going through a series on money for the Legacy Kids. Instead of starting with formulas or even [...]
I bought Grand Theft Auto 4 the day it came out. After a week of playing it (ok, actually I’ve only had a couple of hours to play it all week) I think I might return it.
Why?
Because of the rampant violence? No. I don’t think I own a game that doesn’t involve putting digital bullets [...]
Today I had a great lunch with Tony.
He got me really pumped up for the next three weeks at Legacy. I think this will be one of those game changing series at Legacy. This series is designed to very clearly lay out the future of Legacy and push you to make a choice about your [...]
After last week and this weekend, I’m tired. Hopefully I’ll get some rest this week.
In between getting rest, I’m also hoping to get completely caught up before the next big project hits.
The latest issue of The Business Journal comes out next week.
Pastoring at a small church is exhilarating, frustrating and challenging all at the same [...]
I’ve been reminded this last week that so much of ministry happens outside the church. That’s the important part. Church is just there to bring the family together to connect. You can’t have deep relationships with people if you see them for an hour on Sunday’s. It takes an investment of time to get to [...]
Or, the more blatantly shock-value oriented title, The one where Craig Groeschel rips my heart out for the world to see.
First, go read this.
And there, in that short post, is where my heart is forcibly removed from my chest. It takes everything I’ve been feeling and going through in the past few months and puts [...]
I have more than a few bad habits in my life.
One that tends to come and go is eating sunflower seeds. Man, they are good. You can buy them just about anywhere. A dump truck load of them is something like $2.00. I can just sit here and eat them all day. In fact I’m [...]
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