—-this is a reminder—-
everyone you know is broken.
everyone you work with has deep wounds.
every person who annoys you is broken.
—-another reminder—-
you are broken.
love others in their brokenness.
grow a big heart towards those who are limping.
Archive for the ‘Faith’ Category
28 Jul
everyone you know
20 Jul
“The Relentless Tenderness of Jesus” by Brennan Manning – Introduction
I recently picked up a copy of “The Relentless Tenderness of Jesus” by Brennan Manning. I have never read anything by Brennan, but have been thoroughly impressed by some of his sermons.
I’m going to blog through the book. Now, some people go through a book because the published sends them an early copy if they [...]
24 Jun
success in youth ministry
Last week I sat down with some of my volunteers at Starbucks to chat. I’d been serving at Sawmill Covenant Church for almost a year.
I asked them this question: “As we look back at the first year, where have we seen God show up?”
For the next hour, we told stories. Stories of meeting new students. [...]
23 Jun
pray like it depends on God, work like it depends on you
John Wesley famously said, “Pray like it depends on God, work like it depends on you.”
I would like to rebuttle.
What if I worked like it depended on God?
***I know that some people use excuses like this to opt of sacricifcing and serving and giving. I think God has equipped us and desires for us to [...]
22 Jun
church revolves around me
Sometimes I think we miss the point. I think we show up to church because we like it. I think we get together in a building we like to sing songs we like and listen to a sermon we like.
We act like church revolves around us. I act like church revolves around me
Church doesn’t.
It revolves [...]
16 Jun
They never change because it’s easy
I have a personal trainer. He puts me through grueling workouts and – by the end – I pretty much dispise him. He makes me do more when I think I can’t. He pushes me to finish the workout even though my heart near failure and my vision is blurry (i’m not exagerating). At the [...]
10 Jun
Faith in Student Ministry
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. ~Hebrews 11:1~
In student ministry, we have the difficult blessing of striving to teach adolescents – who are develoing (but haven’t mastered) the ability to think abstractly – to act upon something which they cannot see.
If you figure out how [...]
9 Jun
What Acts 2:42-47 means today
Acts 2:42-47:
They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Everyone was filled with awe, and many wonders and miraculous signs were done by the apostles. All the believers were together and had everything in common. Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone [...]
8 Jun
Stop Not Being the Church
Churches are a million different things these days. They’re can be online, big, emergent, multi-site, small, liberal, urban, political, country clubs, tech savy, old fashioned, ethnically diverse, wealthy, conservative, or broke. A church can have a multitude of descriptors.
All those things are fine.
But the church has got to quite defining itself using minor issues and [...]
