Category: Rambling
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“Just like the picture”: 4 Approaches to Developing the Uniqueness of Your Marriage
Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous–how well I know it.” Psalm 139:14 As a pastor, I tend to visit the same places in my city. Admittingly, I’m a creature of habit but this goes deeper than that. I visit the same coffeehouse every day. I go to the same chicken place…
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Monday Kfirst Kickstart: “Forced into the Wilderness” #PivotPoint
Today I want to give you a place to start your week. It’s Monday and in the wake of a great weekend and long workweek ahead, sometimes you just need a “kickstart” to get focused. So grab some coffee let’s start a great week together. I’ll be honest, this might be one of my favorite…
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Monday Kfirst Kickstart: “The Idol of our Ideals” #PivotPoint
Today I want to give you a place to start your week. It’s Monday and in the wake of a great weekend and long workweek ahead, sometimes you just need a “kickstart” to get focused. So grab some coffee let’s start a great week together. I’ll be honest, this might be one of my favorite…
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Marriage Filters: 2 Simple Steps to Fixing Your “Filter”
– AUTHOR’S NOTE: the advice I offer today is ONLY under the idea and truth that marriage is more like a crock pot and not a microwave. Putting today’s blog into practice will be a daily choices for the long-haul and NOT a quick patch-and-fix. – With our cell phones, there has never been a…
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Pastoral Mentors: My Thank You to Joel and Donna Stocker
One of the greatest lessons I’ve ever been taught as a believer and minister is summed up in one line: “The enemy works in isolation; God works in community.” …and that lesson came from Joel and Donna Stocker. This past Sunday, two of the greatest mentors in my life announced their 2017 retirement to the congregation of…
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Monday Kfirst Kickstart: “Lentils and Legacies” #PivotPoint
Today I want to give you a place to start your week. It’s Monday and in the wake of a great weekend and long workweek ahead, sometimes you just need a “kickstart” to get focused. So grab some coffee let’s start a great week together. Loved the day we at Kfirst yesterday. We continued our series “Pivot Point”…
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Beyond Words: 6 Ways to Express “I Love You” Without Words
Once in awhile, I feel the need to write a disclaimer for a blog. This is one of those blogs. DISCLAIMER: I believe in talking to each other. Communication is the oil of the engine of marriage. As it flows so does everything else. I DO NOT want you to stop talking to each other.…
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Who Didn’t Warn Me? 10 Things I Didn’t Totally Realize Before I Got Married
I can’t say “nobody” told me about these things. But I can truthfully say that I may not have heard everything that was said to me in the barrage of life that was hitting. I wrapped up my internship, accepted my first pastoral position, went through 6 weeks of sickness, oh, and got ready for my…
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Anniversary Blog for My Parents: 43 Lessons They Taught Me About Ministry
There’s a lot of who I am that is certainly what God has shaped through His presence while using my own personality. And there’s also a tremendous amount of ministry philosophy and practics that were modeled by (IMO) the greatest ministry mentors a pastor could have: my parents. Don’t get me wrong, as they’ll tell…
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Monday Kfirst Kickstart: Living to Your Full Potential with guest Don Champion
Today I want to give you a place to start your week. It’s Monday, and sometimes in the wake of a great weekend and long workweek ahead, you just need a “kickstart” to get focused. So grab some coffee let’s start a great week together. Loved the day we at Kfirst yesterday. We took a break from our…
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