Leadership… When God Blesses, Part 3 5 Jan 20157 Jan 2015 What keeps us from making change? I think when it comes down two it there are two big reasons that change is so hard. The first is fear of change.…
Leadership… When God Blesses, Part 2 5 Jan 20156 Jan 2015 God's blessings require you to change. God's blessings always end up changing us. Change comes in one of two ways: Changes that God's blessings make in us. He changed Abram's…
Leadership… When God Blesses, Part 1 5 Jan 20155 Jan 2015 I have a dear friend down in Orlando, FL Dr. Bob Willson. He is an optometrist. One time I remember us having a conversation about the requirement the medical profession…
Discipleship Pass the Cloak 4 Dec 20144 Dec 2014 As parents, Mandi and I have been charged by God with the responsibility to raise our three girls so that one day they can be mature and responsible women who…
Discipleship Cloaking Lessons 2 Dec 20143 Dec 2014 The end goal of spiritual fathering or mothering is to raise up sons and daughters who become spiritual fathers and mothers. If we are going to be spiritual fathers and…
Discipleship Cloaked 1 Dec 20141 Dec 2014 Last week we looked at the first 12 verses of 2 Kings 2 and focused on the blessing it was to be a spiritual father or mother and the blessing…
Discipleship Who Is Your Elisha? 30 Nov 201430 Nov 2014 As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire and horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up to heaven…
Discipleship… We Need Spiritual Parents Who Teach Us What it Means to Live for God Through Christ 29 Nov 201429 Nov 2014 Yesterday I shared that 2 Kings 2:1-18 is one of Scripture's clearest pictures of spiritual fatherhood (i.e. discipleship). Like Elisha, we need spiritual fathers and mothers who teach us what…
Discipleship “Luke…I am your father!” 26 Nov 201428 Nov 2014 Star Wars. It's almost as much a part of American culture as apple pie. A young Luke Skywalker happens across a couple of droids who get him into a whole…
Books… The Sight of Our Imperfections Should Not Take Away Our Peace 21 Nov 201421 Nov 2014 It's Fénelon Friday! LETTER 11: The Sight of Our Imperfections Should Not Take Away Our Peace There is something about your suffering which is very subtle and perhaps hard for…