Author Archives: Don Follis

With whom are you fighting your biggest battles right now … maybe this very day, even this very hour?Your co-workers?Your children?Your children’s friends?Your spouse?Your ex-spouse?Your attorney?Your ex-spouse’s attorney? Your friends?Your neighbors?Your neighborhood school teachers? Your fellow church members?Your pastor?Yourself? Well, could be.  But here’s what the Apostle Peter says about the fight:”Be self-controlled and alert.ContinueContinue reading “Evil does have a name, your know…”

This last Sunday I attended the Urban campus of Willow Creek Community Church in downtown Chicago.The message by evangelism pastor Steve Carter was streamed to all the Willow satellite campuses, including the Urban campus down in the loop.Carter spoke on “Belief,” spending the bulk of his message talking about this question: “What are the essentials?”NowContinueContinue reading “What are your essentials? What are your convictions? What are your preferences?”

Willow Creek’s Urban campus meets at the Auditorium Theatre in downtown ChicagoYesterday in Chicago I attended the urban branch of Willow Creek Community Church that meets downtown.I went an hour early and watched the team set up and do all the sounds checks and get the offering buckets in place and listened as they madeContinueContinue reading “Smile today — A lot! I’m serious, SMILE … :)”

“As soon as the snake saw his chance, he slithered silently up to Eve. ‘Does God really love you?’ the serpent whispered. ‘If he does, why won’t he let you eat the nice, juicy, delicious fruit? Poor you, perhaps God doesn’t want you to be happy.’ The snake’s words hissed into her ears and sunkContinueContinue reading “The oldest trick in the world on Valentine’s Day…”

I’ve talked with so many people about changing habits.  This is surely one of the hardest things to do.  I found this guest post on an interesting blog about business, behavior and the brain both clear and compelling.  

Does your GPS resemble this?  Is it anywhere this trustworthy?Glorify God (by proving him the best in my life each day.) “Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord all the earth.” Psalm 96:1Pursue God (by seeking him earnestly).  “The Lord has looked down from heaven upon the sons and daughters ofContinueContinue reading “How trustworthy is you GPS?”

Think about the last few days when a spirit of entitlement rose up in you.  What was it you really thought you deserved?Conflict resolution master Ken Sande puts it this way:  There are many conflicts that require a lot of time and effort to resolve. But there are far more that can be resolved simplyContinueContinue reading “We need to relinquish entitlement for the sake of the Kingdom…”

Thanks to pastor coach and mentor Dave Jacobs for sharing the link to this TED talk by his friend Keith Seckel, a hospice nurse in Oregon.”Life and Death Matters,” a 16-minute talk by Seckel last November [2013], may be the best talk on how to prepare to die I have ever heard.  I’m sure itContinueContinue reading “Hospice nurse gives an A+ talk on why to face death so you can live”