Questions I wish I knew to ask
Questions that I wish I knew to ask. Recently I was asked to speak about church planting. As I sat down to put my thoughts on the computer, I was taken back on my own [...]
Laughter Heals
I was driving down the road a number of months ago contemplating a number of challenging situations I was then currently facing. Was I making the right choice, was I doing the right thing? [...]
Locating, Growing and Incorporating Intercessors for Your Ministry
Locating, Growing and Incorporating Intercessors for Your Ministry Incorporating those who pray over you and your vision for church planting seems like a no brainer. But how do you identify these persons and better [...]
Don’t Stop Pouring
Don’t Stop Pouring In Steve Backlund’s book “Help I’m a Pastor” he talks about pastors not trying to grow big churches but rather growing “Big People”. Many leaders spend a lot of time developing the [...]
A Work in Progress
Church planting, like any other future vision, is a work in progress. For those who think the process is taking entirely too long, I invite you to look at the prophet Habakkuk where he talks [...]
Hiding
The disciples had just lived through the most traumatized few days of their lives. They had just experienced the horrible death of Jesus, their leader whom they had come to love and whom had [...]