[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Date: May, 1976 Place: Fiji Islands Player: Me Age: 14 Racket: Spalding La Vitesse Court Surface: Grass Footwork: Absent How in the world did I get to Fiji and on a grass tennis court? Well, in January of 1976, when I was in...
If you've read this space before, you know that I have made confessions like:I'm better at leading the congregation than I am at leading the staff; orI'm a disciplined person but not a very disciplined leader; orI'm better at dealing with one or with 2,000 than I am...
So on a day in which I feel some blog-indecision, here are five possible subjects I could then do a Top Five post on.Here goes:1. Top Five Upcoming Events For Beyond. Tempting . . . but I don't want this space to read too much like a church e-newsletter. That's why...
Below is yesterday's sermon involving hand motions, focusing on the generations, and confessing to my own therapeutic need to deal with balls bouncing in church: I’m going to do a few hand motions and I want you to do them with me, OK? This is not like Sweatin’...
Just think of all the phrases in our lives that focus on the now. "Right this minute." "I need this ASAP!" "Right now!" "This instant." "Stay in the moment." On and on it goes. But what if all the focus on now, today, this moment prevented us from seeing...
Some of you might remember the post in November telling the improbable story of how I had signed a contract with Abingdon Press to publish the Head Scratchers sermon series as a book and study guide.You can read that post here.One of the ironies I describe in that...
One day not too long ago, I almost left the house with the iron still on.It was just sitting there, minding its own business and expanding its own heat, and I almost stepped out the door to leave for the day.Now, I suspect there is a "forgetful preacher protection"...
The majority of the messages from the current Beyond emphasis come from the Gospel of Mark.Every since my first semester at Asbury Seminary, where Dr. David Thompson taught a class with the creative title of The Gospel Of Mark, it has been my favorite of the four...
Yes, I had a wardrobe malfunction on Sunday morning.The stain that I thought I had rinsed off my shirt got worse by the time I arrived at church early on Sunday morning. So I knew that I knew that I knew that it would be a distraction.If to nobody else, to...
This isn't a series. It's a season. And these aren't messages. This is a movement. January 4: Beyond Me January 11: Beyond Now January 18: Beyond Enough January 25: Beyond Belief February 1: Above And Beyond February 8: The Great Beyond ...