Living Above The Norm

In a comment to my post on My Experience or The Bible, Peter wrote something that caught my eye – “But is it really possible to interpret Scripture without any sort of tradition.”
Every day I make decisions about how to live my life based on my beliefs. These decisions (often unknowingly, and simply by [...]

Recently, in a discussion with another Pastor about some of the more difficult areas of the Bible (difficult as in hard to interpret), I heard a phrase that has had me thinking:
“Instead of letting what you haven’t experienced and your current understanding about what the Bible says define what you can experience, there might be [...]

Can you say Blog Buffet? It can be a daunting task to comb through the internet looking for good, inspiring information to digest on a regular basis. If you’re like me, you’ve succumbed to the Google way of doing things. I use Google for nearly 90% of my internet searches. When I [...]

Willow Creek’s founding and senior pastor Bill Hybels once said, “The local church is the hope of the world, and its future rests primarily in the hands of its leaders.” I couldn’t agree more. I believe that idea could be restated this way: the world depends on the participation of the local church [...]

There’s a big debate in the Twitter-sphere and Facebook world. It’s essentially the same question in two different vernaculars. “Do I have to follow everyone that follows me?” In short, no you don’t. I do, and some. I’d like to take a moment to tell you why in hopes that [...]

In a country full of self-made men and home grown businesses, how is it that some people are at the top of their game – giants in their areas, while others are not? There has to be something unfair about the American dream. Do some people just have what it takes while the rest of us have to live with what we have? Here’s how I develop mentors and relationships to help me develop myself as a leader.

Chances are, your ministry or business uses either iPhones or BlackBerry’s on a daily basis.  Depending on which, I thought you might find this either interesting or offending.  Either way, I enjoyed the read.  This post comes courtesy of another post that I read detailing BlackBerry’s 26 Advantages Over iPhone.  Yeah, I know what you’re [...]

How many meetings are in your schedule each week? Are they unproductive or too time consuming? Here are a list of absolute must-haves for ministries or business that conduct regular meetings as a way of getting things done.

Do you know or care what other people say about you?  What about your church or your business?  Just now, I was reading a new post at Ministry Marketing Coach where Kerry Bural was discussing an experience that he had with some bad ice cream.  He was showing us, first hand, how a bad experience [...]