Small Group Leadership TIPS of the past week as Tweeted, posted on the Small Group Leadership Facebook page, and posted on LinkedIn. * * * * * * *Monday, 12/7: Use this season strategically to make a difference in the...
Tag: Worship
Leader's Heart-Overflow, Spiritual Life
Is It Well with YOUR Soul?
As a shepherd leader, you are undoubtedly concerned about those you lead. You care about their souls. You pay attention to their spiritual conditions and want to lead them deeper with God. At least I hope so. Being in a...
Spiritual Life
How to Start Every Day: This WILL Change Everything!
How did your day start today? Let me take a few guesses. Some of you rolled out of bed and thought to yourself, Oh no. It's Friday the 13th. I wonder what bad thing will happen to me today. ...
Small Group Leaders
7 Ways Your Small Group Can Celebrate the Incarnation: #2: Celebrate Immanuel
This is Day 2 of my 7 ideas your group or class or family can use to celebrate Christmas. See #1 HERE.This Christmas, move past the historical Jesus who was born and lived 2,000 years ago. Consider the living Christ...
Leader's Heart-Overflow
The Counter-Intuitive Cure for Leader Stress and Burnout
I am finishing up preparation for my trip to Brazil next week, speaking a total of 10 times at a Cell-Church Conference there. Because I'll be away from home for about 12 days, I am also working on four writing...
Small Group Leaders
Seven Ways Your Small Group Can Celebrate the Incarnation This Holiday Season
What is your small group doing over the holidays? "Many groups struggle with meeting and studying over the holidays, and this can be detrimental to the health of your group," I wrote in my November column in The Christian Standard...
Leader's Heart-Overflow
The Most Important Thing You Do Today: It’s Not Reading the Bible!
As I opened my Bible and started reading this morning, I had to stop myself after the first stanza of Psalm 104. Something was missing. Rather, someone was missing. I found myself reading to be reading. But that's not what...
Spiritual Life
A Man Named Simon: What we can learn from this man about the bad circumstances of life and how God can make them Good
On this Good Friday, I decided to read Mark's account of what happened on that Friday when Jesus was sentenced, crucified, died, and buried. I'm not sure why, but today I was struck by one sentence, one verse, in this...
Spiritual Life
What Do You Do When Life Sucks?
What do you do when life sucks? What do you do when it seems everyone and everything is against you? What do you do when your marriage isn't what you want it to be or you are struggling with your...
Small Group Leaders
Why You Should Stop Inviting Jesus to Your Small Group Meetings
"Lord we invite you into our presence." I've been in lots of small groups--and worship services for that matter--in which leaders began with words like these. Their intentions and hearts were good, but their words revealed what I believe is one...