Tag: help
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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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Solving vs. Winning: 4 Tips to Help Solve Marriage Conflict
Anne and I dated for three years (including a year-long engagement). It was a very peaceful dating life. I couldn’t tell you about a single fight/disagreement that we had until that one day in Target… Oh boy. We were registering for our wedding shower. Target had given us the “scan gun” to document everything we were hoping people…
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Static-Filled Marriage: 2 Adjustments to Help Tune-In Your Marriage
From the get-go, I’ll say this: A well-defined picture of marriage is a life-long dedication to making personal and marital adjustments. I remember the day my parents got a new TV and gave me the old one from the living room. As a kid, I hit the jackpot. Now you need to get out of…
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Pastor to Pastor: 5 Questions About Pastoral Transitions
Yesterday was the anniversary of my resignation of my last pastoral position. The transition was fantastic as was my tenure there. Serving at Christian Celebration Center were 7 of the greatest years of my life (thank you to Facebook and their “memories” feature for the reminder). These past 24 hours, combined with the past few pastor-to-pastor…
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“I wish you were more like…”…and 6 other lines we shouldn’t say in marriage.
Proverbs 18:21 “Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.” I always, say, “Communication is the oil of the engine of marriage.” And just like the car you drive, you cannot afford to use the same oil for great lengths of time. Oil must…
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Pastor to Pastor: Stop Quitting On Monday
For years, I’ve heard the old adage from Pastors: I quit my job almost every Monday Honestly, I get it….but please stop. (From the get-go of this blog for pastors, I want to speak into this thing of “The Calling” upon your life. The greatest calling you can have upon your life has nothing…
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Pastor to Pastor: How Do You Deal With People Leaving the Church?
I’ve never hidden my heart for pastors. I think part of it is the fact that I am currently in pastoral ministry. But what drives the other side is, when I was a broken and frustrated pastor, others lent their ear and freely gave their insight and wisdom. So, in essence, how in the world…
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The Sticky Soul: Reason Why Pastors Need Celebration and Encouragement
Coming of a tiresome Christmas season and into our annual vision series (#MYCHURCH), I cannot say I was completely prepared for what I would encounter. Within the previous month, the Lord put a few “Pauls” (older, wiser, experienced pastors) in my pathway that transformed January’s series into something special. It created an excitement in me…
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“Godly Venting?” : 5 Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Vent
I can be quite silly with venting. Social media has been my therapeutic outlet for my continual disappointment with my sports teams (I apologize to the twitterverse and Facebook world). But I think both you and I know what I’m talking about when I use the word “venting.” Some of your venting is quite obvious…
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Pastoral Team Chemistry: 10 Elements that have shaped our pastoral staff.
I randomly blog to pastors. There’s usually no agenda driving it but a passion to do what so many pastors have done for me: give me help and encouragement by sharing what they’re doing. Over the past 6-7 months, several pastors have requested I blog on a specific subject. Last week, it came up again. “What does…
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