If you knew you would never see someone you loved again in this life, what would you say? I’ve move as a pastor/teaching pastor from two churches in the last 20 years, and I’ve shared these 10 parting thoughts to those people I loved, not knowing if I’d ever see them again. 1. Say thank-you […]

This past weekend, between Thursday and Sunday, over 3,000 people volunteered to pack over 500,000 meals for Haiti at our church. It was an incredible collaborative effort between people from five churches, the community, and local businesses. We partnered with a Christian organization called Feed My Starving Children whose sole purpose is encapsulated in its

First impressions often stymie how God wants us to perceive others. Recently we vacationed in Mississippi to visit my wife’s dad and sister. Our visits there have become quite routine. Each day I get up, run, take a shower, go to a buffet, take a nap, watch TV, go to bed, and then the next

A very successful businessman inadvertently taught me a lesson about paying attention to other people’s needs … with macaroni and cheese. Recently I ate breakfast at my favorite diner with one of our church’s key leaders. He owns a flourishing business and gives quite generously to our church. As I enjoyed the blue plate special of

A simple game devised by a Ph.D. at Stanford in 1990 has bearing on how effective we communicate the Gospel. I just finished the book Made to Stick by Chip and Dan Heath. I highly recommend it. They refer to a study where assigned people were given one of two rolls: a ‘tapper’ or a