Discipleship Love is… 12 Nov 201612 Nov 2016 Love is taking time out of your evening to treat your kid for lice. There is a spiritual parallel here. Being a good spiritual parent means being willing to get…
Leadership Leading by Following 30 Oct 201629 Oct 2016 Following Jesus means leading like Jesus. Leading like Jesus means having a heart like Jesus. The condition of your heart is going to determine your ability to lead. A leader’s…
What I've Been Learning… Missing Charlie 26 Oct 201626 Oct 2016 This month is eight years of the Homegoing of my friend and spiritual father, Charlie "Tremendous" Jones. You know I quote him a lot. I still think of him often.…
Pastor Padron… What Can a Cigar Shop Teach About Discipleship? 23 Oct 201622 Oct 2016 For the past thirteen years I have been a pastor in New England. At the end of last year, I left my last church to focus on finishing a PhD…
Leadership My Thought for the Day (10/17/2016) 17 Oct 201616 Oct 2016 One of my favorite books on Leadership is Lead Like Jesus by Ken Blanchard and Phil Hodges. In their book, they argue that before we can lead we need to…
Love Lessons from Hugs 15 Oct 201612 Oct 2016 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but…
What I've Been Learning TV Dinner Faith 14 Oct 201612 Oct 2016 TV dinners... They commonly consist of meat, potatoes, veggies, and maybe a brownie to satisfy our hunger for sweet things. They are quick, easy, low commitment dinners. You don’t have…
Church… Tomorrow, don’t write down anything your pastor says…. 1 Oct 2016 A lot of church's like to provide an outline of the sermon in their bulletin. Certainly nothing wrong with that, but that is something I don't do. Let me tell…
Discipleship… My Thought for the Day 22 Sep 2016 We need to realize that there is an organic, essential relationship between the Great Commandment and the Great Commission. Jesus says in John 14:21 (NIV), Whoever has my commands and…