Let’s start with a principle: almost everything of any importance is found while we’re headed somewhere else. I know that runs counter to the common wisdom of most leaders, but nevertheless, it’s true. We are admonished by almost everybody “who knows” that goals are important and if we don’t aim at something, we won’t hitContinue reading “When Getting Better Doesn’t Matter”
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You Were Made for This
The Bible opens with the story of creation. We watch God’s creation dance across the pages of Genesis as he uses just his voice to form the heavens and earth. He forms them and fills them with many good and beautiful things. He formed man from the dust, creating us in his very likeness (Gen.Continue reading “You Were Made for This”
That Time of Year
In a Midwest spring, the sky hangs low and gray, with muted sunshine. The grass transitions slowly to a bright green when the snow finally recedes. April is a season of change, a transition from one extreme to another, in this part of the country. Winter winds blast us from the north, and drenching seasonalContinue reading “That Time of Year”
Everywhere the world is going to pieces
Everywhere the world is going to pieces.It is crumbling and rotting away. It is going through a process of disintegration. It is dying. And in these fearsome times, through the Holy Spirit Christ places the church with its unconditional unity right into… View Post
Intentional Faith 