The Accurate Side of Creativity
A few years ago I did an interview with the Wall Street Journal concerning originality in weekend messages. Several pastors were asked about their...
How to Get a Job
Learn how to learn. It’s about humility. We won’t go very far forward until we bow down and allow the lessons of God...
Strategy of Attacks
As we live a life of obedience we run into obstacles. Chalk it up to the universal principle of attack and counter-attack. As you...
When Is It Time to Worry?
I was always told not to worry.
As a kid, I was a natural worrier. When I couldn’t figure things I usually resorted to worrying.
Is...
Whispering the Gospel
For the longest time, I sought to shout my way into the lives of many who didn’t know Jesus.
We’ve become like the culture around...
Generosity Changes Everything
It’s easy to go through the motions of ministry - to appear to make progress when all we are doing is marching in place....
Building Adequate Relationships
Pastor David Cho of the world's largest church, in Seoul, Korea, has a practice with his new church start-ups, of asking his planters to...
Open Conversations or Closed Ones
You are doing outreach. You approach with bottles of water. You walk up to folks and stutteringly mutter, "Um Ma'am, would you like a...
Walk Spontaneously in the Spirit
Sometimes the best stuff happens as we don’t necessarily plan it all out – as we flow in the power of the Spirit. Paul...
God’s Empowering
In October of 1871, the devastating Great Chicago Fire happened. The disaster claimed one-third of the structures of Chicago, hundreds of lives and all...
