A couple of weeks ago a good friend of mine got back from a recent trip to Zambia, Africa. As he described to me his experience and the hurting and pain that he witnessed during that trip I felt compelled and convicted. I listened to the stories and then thought about the “worries” of my [...]
Archive for June, 2009
Intentional Death to find Eternal Life: Paul’s call to the Colossians
Posted: June 17, 2009 in discipleship, FaithTags: colossians, death, discipleship, jesus, life, Paul
The closer I get to Jesus the more I am aware of those thing/qualities inside of me that are not of Him. It’s an interesting dynamic; I thought of myself being more like Christ when I was farther away from Him. In reality, this delusion is a result of the sin that lives within me [...]
Peace through blood: “the way of the cross”
Posted: June 16, 2009 in discipleshipTags: blood, colossians, discipleship, jesus, martry, peace
When I think of the words “peace” and “blood” I don’t immediately connect the two. In fact, it would seem that where there is the shedding of blood that is where there is no peace. It doesn’t make a lot of sense that peace is found through the shedding of blood. But yet the shedding [...]
A model of Leadership from Philippians: rejoice; pray instead of worry; strength in Christ to do anything.
Posted: June 15, 2009 in leadershipTags: leadership; USA; church; Paul; worry; rejoice; prayer
Bill Hybels says that the highest stakes of leadership are in the local church. He argues (and I agree) that for a leader there is no other environment that requires more leadership where more is at stake then within the local church. In the church we are not dealing with lives but we are dealing [...]
Hope and Optimism: “Polar Opposites”
Posted: June 5, 2009 in Hope, leadershipTags: Hope, jesus, optimsism, polar opposites
Have you ever thought of the relationship between the words optimism and hope? Both words point to a better future but imply totally different ways of getting there. I’ll never forget hearing this for the first time and it blew me away. I can’t remember who told me this (which is even more of a [...]
Sealing the cracks with the caulk of Christ
Posted: June 4, 2009 in discipleshipTags: caulk, cracks, david, hardy board, jesus, psalm 60
I was outside looking at the house the other day and I’ve started to notice some cracks in the hardy board where over the past few years the caulk has come out. I’m not looking forward to resealing those cracks but I know its got to be done to keep the house in good shape [...]
