1. The reason that this verse ...Proverbs 4:23 (New International Version, ©2010)23 Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. ... is so vital, so utterly crucial to life is because2. ... it is so easy to follow our own religious ideas without thinking.Matthew 15 (The Message)1-2 After that, PhariseesContinue reading "Here’s why we ask the Spirit to read our heart!"
Saturday seminar … location, location, location
My new favorite place to reflect... :)This morning I led the leadership team at the Bay Area Vineyard in Beaver Bay, MN, discussing the results of their Natural Church Development test results. This is an instrument that helps churches explore church health. They are a pretty healthy group with lots of great potential. We allContinue reading "Saturday seminar … location, location, location"
Morning in Beaver Lake, Minnesota
7:15am in Beaver Lake, Minnesota. Sun coming up over Lake Superior at the home of Gerry Cheney, where I am staying. Gerry and Shelley Cheney are pastors of the Bay Area Vineyard Church in Silver Bay, Minnesota, which is 3 miles north of Beaver Bay. It's 6 degrees this morning with a pretty good wind.. Continue reading "Morning in Beaver Lake, Minnesota"
Getting home quickly!
This week I am up in the woods of northern Wisconsin meeting with and coaching pastors. Last night I stayed with a friend on his home that sits beside a frozen 40-acre lake. My friend's son and several of the neighbors went 3 miles into town to a hockey match last night. How did theyContinue reading "Getting home quickly!"
Green Bay Inspiration, baby!
Please remove your hats as we wait at the red light outside the famous Lambeau FieldSince I am guy who needs lots of inspiration, I decided to drive the 400 miles north of where I live and and drive around the famous Lambeau Field, home of the Green Bay Packers. Green Bay is still in itContinue reading "Green Bay Inspiration, baby!"
Stunning words…
Ponder this line for a million years...Philippians 2:8 (English Standard Version)8And being found in human form, he humbled himself by(A) becoming obedient to the point of death,(B) even death on a cross.
What to take on the journey … the don’t, the do, the why
1. Don't take money. Matthew 10 (New International Version, ©2010)Jesus Sends Out the Twelve 9 “Do not get any gold or silver or copper to take with you in your belts— 10 no bag for the journey or extra shirt or sandals or a staff, for the worker is worth his keep. 11 Whatever town or villageContinue reading "What to take on the journey … the don’t, the do, the why"
How do you read the headlines?
A reading of Matthew 9, after Jesus returned to Capernaum, makes one consider some possible newspaper headlines of the day...Synagogue ruler ostracized and mocked after daughter recovers from flu; daughter is taunted and laughed at by neighbors while screaming with happiness (v18-26)Confused woman lunges for Rabbi's robe; neighbors admit to often questioning her truthfulness (v20-22)RespectedContinue reading "How do you read the headlines?"
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