Steve's Writings
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Outreach In The Age of CV-19 This may be a time of world crisis, yet for those who have “ears to hear,” we have reason to rejoice in the open doors of opportunity to bring God’s love in practical ways. When we meet an outward shortage of any sort in life, we have easier access…
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Today, flip the switch on your noticing radar. Stop by Starbucks – and notice your way through the place. Here’s a heads up. The person or even two behind you need to have their drinks paid for – and you will do the paying. When they at first order a regular tell the barista, they…
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Leaders – how do we stay in sync with the life of the Spirit so we continue to love, live, flow with the care of God for the not-yet-believers around us? – Not just because it is the right thing to do – But because that devotion is the center of the heart of Jesus?…
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For introverts, the notion of outreach can seem not just difficult but fully impossible to pull off, at least as many understand the notion of outreach. As an outreach introvert myself, I have noted a few pointers in which we can find encouragement. I’m not the world’s most effective introverted evangelist certainly, but I have…
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As soon as I posted my above point someone offered the surface “Thanks for your great point… BUT what about the preaching of the gospel…” I knew this was coming. It always is coming. Why is it coming? Because we would always rather discuss the right way to do this as opposed to actually risking…
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In times like this – lots going on, me being the point guy in setting out to establish the new culture of Coastland – it is tempting to step out of my strengths. To use my regular metaphor, life is pulling me to fall back into the rabbit mode and away from the turtle mode. …
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We have been strongly provided for as a team. We felt we were to pray for a total provision amount of between a $1 million leaning toward $1.5 million. When all is said and done the total amount our planting talent team will have raised is on the upper end of that amount. Thus the…
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I recently sat on a two-hour flight next to a guy who initially was a bit miffed when I asked if I could sit next to the window where his ticket read because I have great difficulty getting up and down on planes (my damaged legs and all). This tall guy reluctantly agreed. I am…
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An Ode To Extremes One of my “favorite” TV Bible teachers (I won’t mention his name, but he often says, “Now listen to me…”. He has a son in the same city with a church that is significantly larger than his church – you have no idea who I am talking about…) is a guy…
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The early Church had an oppositional atmosphere that, in some ways, served the purposes of God. The opposition to the message of the coming of the kingdom is not so much in the culture at large but in the status quo religious stalemate institutions of the day. A cursory look at Church history will show…