Twitter Wisdom…Part 3
I closed my Twitter account. But here are some thoughts that I have saved for further reflection: I believe my Reformed friends high view of the Sovereignty of God and my Pentecostal friends high view of the Goodness of God…
Twitter Wisdom…Part 2
More from Twitter land that I've written about previously...after closing my account...here are some posts from the past decade.. My fav organization quote: “Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is…
Twitter Wisdom…Part 1
I decided to close my Twitter account last week. It is an account that I have had for 12 years. It is interesting to read the things that I shared in the early years of the account and then to…
Perspectives: What is God Saying? What are People Saying? Is Unity Still a Thing?
This article will also be published in the Megamorphosis “Power” Issue #11 in early October, 2020 It is hard to block out the noise. Every day it seems to get louder. The voices of seeming friend and foe are confused…
Reparenting and Ronald Reagan
Every once in a while, I'll use the phrase "re-parenting". I think of that when I meet someone who has had a really rough time in life and, most of the time by their own admission, could use some "re-parenting"…
When Words are not enough…
I wrote this to our William Jessup University Community (www.jessup.edu) this past week as we grapple with the pain of these hours: Dear Jessup Community, Words are not our first priority right now. Love is. Compassion is. Understanding is. Like…
Easter 2020: We are people on the Other Side of the Tomb
Holy Week that first century must have seemed like just another week under Roman occupation. Yet another insurrectionist had been tried and crucified at Roman hands; this one at the urging of the Jewish religious leaders. Everything, even in the…
Helping Your Church to Grow: Specific Leadership Barriers
Previous articles have examined structural and general leadership barriers to church growth. In this article, we want to examine some specific barriers for church growth at different sizes. Carl George & Warren Bird wrote the classic book on this topic,…
Grip-Grasp-Gifts: Keys to Life-Changing Leadership
I wrote this article several years ago when I was pastoring a church plant in NV that was a miracle experience: Lasting life change is what spiritual leadership is all about. Pastors and Christian business people often want to be…
Created to Create the Future
I'm a leadership guy so I'm always looking ahead to the future. Dr. John Richardson said when it came to the future; there were 3 types of people: 'Those who let it happen, those who make it happen, and those…