Category: Rambling
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Pastor to Pastor: Getting and Gathering Sermon Ideas
Prepping for sermons…well, I love prepping (said in the voice of Stanley from “The Office” from the pretzel day episode). I love preaching. Declaring the love of Christ to people is such an amazing privilege that I do not take lightly. It’s why I go full-tilt on my preaching preparation. My wife will tell you, my…
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Pastor to Pastor: 4 Next steps to follow when a fellow pastor has failed.
My heart is broken this morning. Sitting in a pool of tears in a coffee-house this morning, I’m sure I must be concerning the baristas and customers looking my way. All morning, I’ve been fine, but sitting down and reading articles about the resignation of a favorite pastor of mine has brought be to a…
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Flirtationship: 3 Steps to Keep Flirting in Marriage
“Give honor to marriage, and remain faithful to one another in marriage…” Hebrews 13:4 For a while, this blog has been developing in my heart. I know that the potential of it can create a firestorm of responses of emotion and opinion. If you don’t know me well, my heart is always of compassion driven…
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Pastor to Pastor: 4 Thoughts About Wearing Your Own Shoes
Pastoring is pressure. In other news, water is wet and the Detroit Lions are disappointing. There are a number of “pressure” statements that we as pastors hear. There are very few bigger pressure statements than this one: “You have big shoes to fill.” In almost 20 years of ministry, I’ve held 3 positions and I…
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Rearview Mirrors: 3 Simple Steps to Keep Your Marriage Looking Forward
“…But one thing I do:forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 3:13-14 Being a dad of a 16-year-old, I have a lot talks about using the car. In fact, I’m trying to get…
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Pastor to Pastor: Master the Mundane
Every day I get to wake up and do my dream job. It’s not necessarily how I envisioned my life as a child (or a teenager for that matter), but it has become what feeds the passion of my soul. I think that’s really what the “dream job” looks like. It’s that fit, that situation,…
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Our Kfirst Values: We do stuff on purpose
I started a series a few weeks back about the values of our church community. Here at Kfirst, our mission is our passion: We make it simple for people to find and follow Jesus. And our values guide us towards that goal. Check out last weeks by clicking on the value statement: Week 1 – Everyone is Significant. Week 2 – We…
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The 2 Things I Got Right in Marriage: A Blog for Singles (also married peeps):
Anne has been on me a while about writing a marriage blog to singles. I’ve been setting aside the idea for a long time. But over the past two weeks, some comments have come my way, “I love reading about your mistakes. They help me correct my own.” “Some of your mistakes help me to…
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Our Kfirst Values: Growth requires change
I started a series a few weeks back about the values of our church community. Here at Kfirst, our mission is our passion: We make it simple for people to find and follow Jesus. And our values guide us towards that goal. Check out last weeks by clicking on the value statement: Week 1 – Everyone is Significant. Week 2 – We…
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A Marriage of Mistakes: 18 Lessons Learned from 18 Years of Marriage
Today is my 18 year anniversary…(just caught something as I’m typing…Let me start over.) Today is OUR 18 year anniversary. Outside of encountering Christ, May 23, 1998 was the greatest day of my life. But in the midst of the roughly 6,570 days of marriage, I’ve made a few mistakes. Mistakes are…
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