A weary world can rejoice because Jesus is our Immanuel, Savior, and burden-bearer.
Category: Spiritual Life
Leader's Heart-Overflow, Spiritual Life
Delight, Desires, and Decisions
Our first priority is to delight in the Lord. It is not to seek the desires of our heart.
Facilitating Discussion, Spiritual Life
Thanksgiving Discussion Starters
Ask the people you see throughout the week these simple questions to start what could be a life-changing discussion!
Spiritual Life
Life to the Full with a Broken Patella
One year ago today, October 10, 2021, I fell mountain biking in Brown County Indiana, and fractured my kneecap. To summarize, over the last year, I've had three knee surgeries, a severe infection following surgery #1, six weeks of intravenous...
Church Leadership, Leader's Heart-Overflow, Small Group Leaders, Spiritual Life
All Leaders and Teams Would Benefit from Leading from the Heart
People still ask me questions about my book, Leading from the Heart, which I wrote 20 years ago. The subtitle, "A small group leader's guide to a passionate ministry," defines my original intended audience, small group leaders, plus the coaches...
Leader's Heart-Overflow, Spiritual Life
‘Where Are You?’
"Where are you?" The obvious answer to that question is a physical one ... but there's a much more vital spiritual answer. "Where are you?" is the simple, three-word question God asked Adam (Genesis 3:9) after he and his wife...
Spiritual Life
The Real Truth of the Christmas Story
Apparently, my Nativity scene—and yours—are all wrong. So are many of our favorite Christmas songs. Jesus was probably born on the ground-floor or courtyard of a home, not a barn. The wise men were not present at his birth, and...
Spiritual Life
How to Experience Real Joy This Christmas (and into the New Year)
People talk and sing a lot about joy, especially at this time of year, but as you look around, is there much joy to be found? Most people in the world find joy in sentiment and circumstances and stuff, but...
Leader's Heart-Overflow, Spiritual Life
Leadership: Helping People Become Who God Created Them to Be
God wants us to realize that we are works of art in progress, and we, as leaders—church leaders, small group leaders, teachers, parents, etc.—can envision others with this truth. I am fortunate that several people in my life took the...
Discipling, Spiritual Life
Safe or Dangerous?
One morning on the Christian radio station I usually listen to, a local pastor of the “church of the week” talked about the nature of the church. He said the teens from his congregation had written essays about the church,...