I found this post very helpful and challenging. The discipline of rest and work and balancing the two is something I constantly thing about. Original post can be viewed here. A few years back, I began tracking how many books I read during the year. After the first year, dissatisfied with how little I read,…
Augustine (354-430) was one of the great figures of the early Church. The story of his conversion to Christ is told in his Confessions, in which he describes how God used a single verse from the epistle to the Romans to suddenly convert him. He went on to serve the Church as an illustrious teacher and bishop…
I’ve read this awhile ago and wanted to pass it on. Read and reflect on this awesome truth! Alexander the Great had a general whose daughter was getting married. Alexander valued this soldier greatly and offered to pay for the wedding. When the general gave Alexander’s steward the bill, it was absolutely enormous. The steward came to…
This is a great word my soul concerning the arduous task of loving people and not simply from a pastoral perspective but in general. Read it with an open mind and ask God to point out areas in your life where you’re doing well and areas where you need to improve. Thank you Stephen Altrogge. Original…
I loved this post by Dr. Lawless on 10 Life Lessons I’d Love to Teach Young Ministers. Original post can be found here. Perhaps we can learn these lessons only through ministry and life experiences – and maybe we wouldn’t have listened to them anyway when we were younger – but here are some lessons I’d love…
It is very important that you get your self-image from Jesus. He will never lie to you, and he will always love you. Don’t ask your enemy to tell you the truth about yourself…Don’t even ask someone who loves you and sees you through the eyes of love. Instead, go to Jesus and ask Him.…
Chuck Lawless give a helpful, simple and biblical approach to start walking in victory over sin. Original post can be found here. I recently read an older article about addiction, a problem the author (and others before her) called “the spiritual disease of our time.”[i] A few quotes about addiction capture the author’s thinking: “One of…
I’m writing this short little post on December 28, 2016 while in Kentucky with family for vacation. Spending time with family presents many opportunities. One is the opportunity to deepen relational in-roads with one another and another is to create relational rifts with one another (unintentionally or intentionally). To see that I pursue the former…
The longer I lead and pastor the more I believe that a teachable spirit and humility are indispensable in leading people. No one, I repeat no one wants to follow someone who isn’t teachable and who exudes pride. Much of the time a leader may come across as unteachable or smacking of pride and they…
I’m writing this short little post on December 28, 2016 while in Kentucky with family for vacation. Spending time with family presents many opportunities. One is the opportunity to deepen relational in-roads with one another and another is to create relational rifts with one another (unintentionally or intentionally). To see that I pursue the former…
Theology Along the Way 