I needed to read this very slowly: Over the margins of life comes a whisper, a faint call, a premonition of richer living which we…
Leave a CommentMonth: December 2011
This one is a little rough. I have not taken the time to make it more readable. Hope you get the gist of it. Enjoy!…
1 CommentThe post I wrote for today called, “Have you emptied yourself?” accidentally posted yesterday, Christmas Day, instead of today as intended. So here is a bonus post.
New Year’s Resolutions are passé. Many of us tend to make the same ones each December, and find that we have broken and forgotten them before February. We have been frustrated by them and defeated by them. But the idea of starting the year with a list of things we would like to change or improve in 2012 is a good one that intrigues many of us.
Jon Acuff (jonacuff.com), author of Stuff Christians Like and Quitter, is offering a new approach for 2012. He advises we create a “Finish List” – read Jon’s How to build a “Finish List” and surrounding posts to learn more.  A “Finish List” is different than a list of resolutions. We should not include things we will try to do in 2012 (read a great post by Michael Hyatt on this topic called “THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TRYING AND DOING“), but things we are committed to finishing in 2012. I like this because it is not results oriented.
Leave a CommentChristmas Eve 2011 at Tri-Lakes United Methodist Church 5:00 pm Family Worship Text: Isaiah 9:2, 6-7 Listen to this sermon HERE. Christmas Lights One of…
Leave a CommentTo all fellow associates, staff members, and all who follow this blog- Have a blessed Christmas Eve, a Merry Christmas, and a happy and blessed…
Leave a Comment“The only person you have the power to change is you.” You have probably heard this more times than you care to count. I tell my children it is “Dad’s Secret to Life” (please don’t tell them I didn’t come up with it). Our recognition of this truth helps guide our relationships with our spouses, our children, and even the members of the congregations we serve. But I have met many associate pastors who have a great deal of trouble applying it in their relationship with their lead pastor.
- Can you believe he asked me to…?
- Do you know that she expects me to…?
- Doesn’t she understand that is not in my job description, and doesn’t fall in the “at the discretion of the lead pastor” clause (oh, I will have to write a blog about that gem soon)?
- Doesn’t he understand I’m not here to serve him?
Text: Luke 2:8-20 Series: The First Carols: Week 3 Listen to it HERE. About fifteen years ago Diane accompanied me to a National Youth Workers…
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