If you listen closely and then jot down what you hear, you can gain some unexpected insights from a course on High Impact Volunteers.Such as . . .You're only as happy as your saddest kid.Scripture tells the story of the builing of four...
During the recent Wimbledon Championships, US Davis Cup captain Jim Courier made a fascinating point.Courier told his television audience that Bulgaria's Grigor Dmitrov has patterned his game after Roger Federer. Here's what Courier means.Federer's...
As you read this I am in Colorado Springs, Colorado, attending a seminar on High Impact Volunteers that's put on by our friends at Newell & Associates.Here's what my nights look like:But spending some time in this rarified air gets me thinking: what are the best...
Here's an insight into sermon preparation and the church calendar.Yesterday's message -- Storm Chasers -- was actually the first one in the series that I wrote and yet it became the second one that I delivered.Why?Because when I wrote it, I really liked it. (I...
The Discover Channel recently made this video in memory of three veteran storm chasers who lost their lives in pursuit of an F-5 in Oklahoma:Storm chasing is dangerous. Even deadly.Come see what that has to do with our lives as we move to week two of The Storm...
Did you know . . . .. . . that if you bag the grass you cut, and you mow your lawn on Friday but the city doesn't pick up the trash & grass until the next Thursday, and it rains almost every day your bagged grass sits beside the garage, that the cut grass smells...
As you can see in the Books I Like section, I am currently reading White House Ghosts, a detailed history of presidential speechwriters from 1932 to 2008 . . . or, to use initials, from FDR to W.When I first saw the title at a used book store, I realized, "I...
In November of last year while on a Sunday off that I actually spent in town, I attended worship services at two other churches in our area. I posted some observations and reflections on that day here.Which gets me to thinking: if I didn't work at Good...
Like many preachers, I spend a good deal of time on Sunday nights and Monday mornings rehashing and remembering what happened during the Sunday morning worship gathering.And in rehashing and remembering yesterday, I realize (Have you noticed all the "re" words so...
A few weeks ago, during a post on the different roles that are embedded in the one task of "preacher," I mentioned how although I was at that time preaching a series called Old School, I was nevertheless preparing a new series called The Storm Before The Calm. ...