2017 is a New Year with New Opportunities to tackle life and leadership - yet we still serve the Same God who offers the Same Promises! With that in mind, instead of putting together a long list of unattainable goals for 2017, this year, with God’s help I will tackle six practical challenges for daily … Continue reading 6 Challenges for 2017
For the past three years, each year, God has given me a Theme of the Year. This "theme" is often a directive from God for the upcoming year and season of my life. It also embodies the central focus of my goals for that specific year. As I now look back, I can clearly see … Continue reading Theme of the Year (part 1)
We are constantly being pulled in multiple different directions. Life happens at warp speed and we simply seem to just go with the flow. In an attempt to satisfy many, we often walk down many paths and look many directions. However, let me challenge you to do something that God has challenged me to do: … Continue reading Look One Direction
Habakkuk 2:3 presents a passage of scripture that has been moving deeply in my heart. “For the revelation awaits an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it linger, wait for it; it will certainly come and will not delay.” Thought it linger, wait for it. I love this. … Continue reading Delayed Dreams
These are the two words that God gave me at the beginning of 2011: Paradigm Shift Each year God gives me a theme that I follow and walk out through the year. The theme is a guide for my life in that given year. Many of my goals for that season come from this foundation … Continue reading Paradigm Shift
Sometime ago, Perry Noble, Senior Pastor of New Spring Church in South Carolina, posted thoughts on his blog about the four stages he's gone through as a leader. As I began to look over these thoughts again, I realized that I had finally made it to the fourth stage. #1 - I want to see … Continue reading The Fourth Stage
"Lord, my awe increases when I see the wisdom Of your divine no." - Ruth Halms Calkin "NO" is something that I am starting to listen for. We generally listen for yes. We look forward to yes. But I don't want to live in that mindset any longer. I want to listen for the "NO" … Continue reading “NO” (Part 2)
For the past few weeks, I've been mulling over the word "NO." For most of us, hearing the word no is usually a bad thing. From being denied for a job position, to our kids telling us no in disobedience, to the simple no of intense opposition, we can rarely see the good of it. … Continue reading “NO” (Part 1)
Scripture, more specifically, Jesus, tells us that nothing is impossible. He tells us this as He speaks of the mustard seed in Matthew 17. He tells us, "If you have faith as small as a mustard seed...nothing will be impossible for you" Matthew 17:20. We hear it again in Luke 1, when the angel of … Continue reading Nothing Is Impossible
Yesterday we announced that I will be leaving EPIC Church in November. I will be heading home to Pontiac, Michigan to work alongside John Gunn and the Power Company Kids Club. You can hear yesterday's message in it's entirety, here. The decision to leave EPIC Church was not an easy one to make. I have … Continue reading Transition from EPIC Church
