Consider your group discussion as a boxing or judo match, there’s punching and counter punching. Punching Is asking questions directly and getting direct answers. Counter Punching Is using the weight and the leverage of the what someone says to create momentum in the discussion. Counter punch tactics What do you think about what he/she just…
I don’t take my students to haunted houses because It causes too much commotion among hardliners. I think it’s a waste of time. There is no value won in going and no value lost in not going. Does it open people up for demonic activity? No any more than taking your kids to Starbucks opens…
This week I ‘m going to try something. I am gong to try not to write, as in: not so many words. I love longer posts because I like to expound and offer background on whatever I am writing about. This week I hope to share shorter posts, 100 words or less, with bigger favor,…
The story from Oregon, regarding the Umqua Community College shooting, has several points which the media keeps hammering: Was this a religious hate crime against Christians Gun control laws Politics Mental Illness Loners The Internet Heroism How do we take these talking points and craft them into a meaningful message of hope? It’s a question…
I, like everyone else, are sick of hearing of these mass guns shootings by insane people. This latest shooting in Oregon rekindled my thinking on owning a gun. I currently do not own a gun, which in Alabama is some kind of sin, but I’m thinking about it. Recently, a man came into an Alabama…
I imposed a false realty on myself that has bitten me in the but more times than I can count and it all started with a lie. A false belief that made it’s way into my actions and sabotaged my future. Tackle these 7 lies with the truth and watch your life and ministry turn…
The title of of this post is both a plea and a question. Let’s begin with my plea. As a Christian and a believer in Christ’s return, I wish Believers, across the spectrum, would stop hyping these events as “end of times” phenomenons. I wish they’d stop lauding the inkling, let alone “prophecies”, of so…
I was reading about Ahmed, the 14 year old boy who built a clock and was accused of building a bomb, and felt bad for all those involved. People were quick to judge Ahmed and then we were quick to judge those who judged Ahmed; the teacher, the police officers, etc. I have said things…
Some say you shouldn’t make a big deal about mile stones and that I should act like I’ve been here. But I haven’t been there. To be honest, I almost didn’t make it. This 500th blog post matters to me because I don’t think I wasn’t suppose to be here I’m just a poor kid…
As a youth pastor I try t keep up with culture and sometimes culture come to me like the Whip/Nae Nae dance. Which, by the time of this writing is already so July 2015. Culture has a life-cycle but that does not mean it can’t be re-purposed once the cycle is over. This P.E. teacher…
