May 23
The magnificent book of Hebrews is drawing to a close. But before the writer puts down his pen, he offers three instructions for Christians and their leaders. In studying these instructions, I noticed that you can make application for three time stages. Please consider your relationship to each of these leaders you have had in …
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Mar 24
Part one in this series deal with the impact youth sports is having upon families and the church. In part two I discussed highlights from Mike Matheny’s book on youth sports. In this third and final post I desire to share some of my own suggestions for dealing with youth sports as a Christian parent. …
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Mar 23
In part one I discussed the impact of youth sports upon families and how we must seek to manage our involvement with sports. All of these thoughts I am sharing found their stimulus in Mike Matheny’s book The Matheny Manifesto. Mike is the current manager of the St. Louis Cardinals. The book was excellent. It …
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Mar 21
I want to release three posts on the topic: This one (part 1) on the importance of considering how we handle youth sports. A second part sharing some highlights from Mike Matheny’s book on the topic. And a third post with some suggestions I would like to make to families. So join me in reading …
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Feb 01
I have had sheep on the farm since 2014. We started with two ewes and a ram. We have an unusual breed of hair sheep called Barbados Blackbelly Sheep. They are very skittish and flighty. They aren’t your cute cuddly version of sheep. We raise them for the meat, which tastes very good. We recently …
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Jan 11
What do preachers say when you ask them how things have been going? Most all of us will say, “We have been really busy!” We may even give you way more information than you desired about all the things we have been doing. This is a typical response from most working Americans today. We believe …
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Jan 03
It is 2017! What will be accomplished this year in your life? I have been listening to David McCullough’s fine biography of the Wright Brothers. The Wright brothers are famous for inventing the airplane and conquering the scientific problems of flight. After the world had finally recognized their success they received many medals. One of …
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Nov 16
In an earlier post I wrote about six challenges church leaders must face. Number two on that list was the role of the preacher’s wife. I promised to do a separate post discussing the unique role and challenge the preacher’s wife faces. These thoughts come from a lecture series I did at Polishing the Pulpit …
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Nov 10
Ministers and church leaders along with their families face some unique challenges. Here are six challenges they face and the success of their ministry is often determined with how they handle these. The fish bowl complex. Leaders must not only face the normal trials of life, but must do it as the church looks on. Many …
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Nov 06
[Note: This is a special guest post from Lance Leavens. Lance is the involvement minister and Deacon with the Piedmont Road Church of Christ in Georgia. He is married to Susan and has four daughters.] Not all decisions carry the same weight or consequences. Some are more important than others. Three years ago I made …
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