What In The World Is God Up To?
Jesus,
What’s up with the harvest?
Signed,
Steve (and friends)
PS. This routine of not seeing much is getting tiring…
Like all elementary...
Please Forgive The Confusion…
I'm making a New Year's resolution… now that it’s late May.
I caught onto the futility of the resolution thing a long time ago and...
Jesus’ Style- Begin with Those in Need (part 3)
Begin with Those in Need
Though we didn’t have any organized training, had never been coached or mentored, or even read a book about reaching...
Oprah: A Catalyst For Kindness?
Have you noticed that on every cover of Oprah’s magazine she is smiling? Think about what you want, but I believe her smile is...
Blessed Are the Trash Collectors – A Tale of Roadside Redemption
Picture this: a lone figure on the side of the road, armed with nothing but a grabber and a real estate-sized A-frame sign declaring...
Dave Jacobs Interview “Steve Sjogren: Still Cleaning Toilets”
Steve Sjogren: Still Cleaning Toilets
Dave: Sorry that I haven’t kept up on “All-Things-Sjogren” but the last I heard you had planted a church in Florida,...
Jesus’ Style- Risk vs. Reliance (part 4)
Risk versus Reliance
Success in ministry, and in all of life for that matter, boils down to us weighing the assets and challenges.
Reliance: How much...
Lessons Learned in Outreach Lately
Picking up some great lessons in the realm of outreach lately.
Diligence.
The race isn’t to the fastest or the most impressive initially, but to the...
Go Out Anyway
Just Show Up!
When it comes to doing outreach projects with teams a lot can go right... and wrong. After doing team-oriented outreaches for decades...
Are You Really Outwardly Focused?
Have you noticed that the U.S. Church tends to go through trends every now and then? Books are written, conferences are held, programs come...
