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Rend your hearts and not your garments. Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and repents of evil. Joel 2:13 Will Lent ever be understood unless we believe deep in our hearts that God, our creator, is loving, gracious, merciful, slow to anger andContinueContinue reading “Does God really want us back?”

“If we say we have to sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us, but if we confess our sins, God, who is faithful and just, will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”  I John 1:8-9Lord God, I confess that I have sinned against you in thought, word, andContinueContinue reading “Core truth during Lent”

At 5:00am this morning in the neighborhood where I am staying here in Mazatlan, Mexico, the roosters are having a heyday.  I am sitting here quietly at my little desk watching the darkness and listening to the roosters crow.  I am wondering what people decide to give up during Lent here in Mazatlan, Mexico, orContinueContinue reading “The true message of Lent”

This is under the never ceased to be amazed category.  Read it for yourself here.  I’d love to know the story about how this incredibly positive press release got to written and posted on the university’s web site.     Bottom line:  Trine Unversity in northeast Indiana has invited former Indiana basketball coach Bob Knight to be itsContinueContinue reading “Commencement speaker being announced at Indiana university”

I spent the day with Geno Olison, a dear friend and Vineyard Church planter in Chicago’s south suburbs.  Geno and Shannon Olison lead the South Suburban Vineyard in Homewood, IL.Geno and I talked in his home office (shown here) before he gave me a tour of the suburbs where he and his team are ministering …ContinueContinue reading “Church planter Geno Olison”

What?  Pastors worry?  Not on this planet, surely…Last week I was with 10 life coaches who love pastors.  It was remarkable the number of worried pastors we coaches are connected to.  That’s why I am increasingly convinced of how much every pastor needs a coach.  Here’s how one of the discussions from last week went:OneContinueContinue reading “Pastors who worry”

Maddie Follis, the beautiful girl smack in the middle of the photo [and a girl that I know quite well], smiles along with the other cheerleaders at a recent Anderson University basketball game in Anderson, Indiana.

This week I am up in Wisconsin with about a dozen life-coaches.  The event is sponsored by Cornerstone Church Network.  We are pastors and coaches and denominational executives and even businessmen.  We are learning from each other.  It’s been pretty exhilarating and, as with all good work, it is also hard work.  The picture is the bronzeContinueContinue reading “Life coaching discussions…”