Aug 11
Last week I wrote a blog post about being approachable. I want to tackle the other side of that issue in this post. I was talking to someone recently from another congregation and he said, “I know the elders just dread seeing certain people coming to them.” Let’s be honest, we all have certain people, …
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Aug 07
Do you walk around with this sign figuratively attached to your forehead? Durk Jager, former CEO of Proctor and Gamble was profiled in the book DeRailed by Tim Irwin wore such a sign. He wrote about him: “Rather than drive change through courageous empowerment and wise deployment of skills, Jager, a large man “built like …
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Jun 19
In the last post, we put forth the challenge of filling the gap with trust rather than suspicion when a co-worker or family member creates a gap by their actions. In this post, I would like to address the issue of what you do when the person continues to create a gap by their actions. …
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Jun 18
Elders, what do you do when you go by the church office on Tuesday morning and the preacher isn’t there? Preachers, what do you do when your youth minister isn’t in the office by 10 in the morning? Husbands, what do you do when you can’t get your wife on her cell phone one evening …
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Apr 21
Last night Austin (my 8 year old) and myself got to hear Peyton Manning deliver a benefit speech here at Graves County High School. I have long enjoyed watching Peyton play football. I appreciate his work ethic and cerebral way of playing the game. He was entertaining and interesting. Here are some of the …
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Mar 10
I am listening to the book No Easy Day by Mark Owen which tells the first-hand account of the mission that killed Osama bin Laden. In chapter 11 of the book the author tells how the SEALS were discussing the expected results of a successful raid on bin Laden. These highly trained soldiers, who had …
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Feb 26
In Andy Stanley’s book Deep and Wide he lists “The Five Faith Catalysts” that are a part of a disciple’s faith development (ch. 7). These are not unique or invented by him, but his titles and categories are helpful. On this blog I want to look at these from the perspective of developing disciples instead …
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Jan 14
David Gavitt was the President of USA Basketball in 1992. The USA Olympic basketball team had lost to the Soviets in 1988 coming home with a Bronze. Professionals had been allowed to play, but many questions remained. Would they give up two months during their summer when there was no pay for playing? Gavitt wanted …
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