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As a young man, I grew up under the godly influence of my mother and grandmother. I remember seeing my grandmother reading the Bible as I left for school in the morning and seeing her still …

Just a quick thought on church planting.  It takes a certain amount of entrepreneurial characteristics to start a church:

* Self-starter:  Nobody’s going to do it for you.  It takes initiative and self-management.  There’s a certain appeal …

Every few months I measure the height of my three boys.  I do it the old school way.  No fancy tools or cartoon wall charts.  I make them stand ramrod straight against the door jamb of …

1.5 million dollars a minute.  That’s what Ricky Hatton was paid to have his face re-arranged by Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao Saturday night in Las Vegas and around the world on PPV.Manny made about $2 …

I wanted to talk/think through the concept of “empowerment” in campus ministry, because that’s what 90% plus of this blog will be about: campus ministry.

Leadership in a campus ministry context is a funny thing- it’s …

Ben Franklin said that, “…in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” I for one have been afraid of both. Mind you, I am not actually afraid of …

Inspired by Rice Broocks’ sermon this morning on Lay the Foundation, I scribbled down five of my own foundational thoughts.

1.  Foundations is not a class or a book but a life-long endeavor. Can’t get …

Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was leading Israel at that time. She held court under the Palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites came to …

“Now then, just as the LORD promised, he has kept me alive for forty-five years since the time he said this to Moses, while Israel moved about in the desert. So here I am today, eighty-five …

Somebody I know had a bad habit.  He borrowed pens and accidnetally kept those.  I would find pens I don’t recognize in his jackets.  One time, he had a pen that had a sticker that …