In The Truth About You, Marcus Buckingham seeks to provide tips on how to achieve success in your professional life. He breaks it down into five steps, five pieces of advice he wished he had and calls the best advice you’ll ever get. Performance is always the point Your strengths aren’t what you’re good at, and your [...]
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Mark Driscoll, pastor of Mars Hill Church in Seattle, wrote an interesting piece on The Resurgence. In it he talks about “conference Christians”, defined as “someone who spends a great deal of time (and often money) attending Christian conferences.” I have to admit that I’ve never been to one of the conferences that he talks [...]
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Last Friday I played in a charity golf tournament that benefited Reach Out Honduras, a missions organization started by our dear friends Alex and Laura. I use the word “played” very loosely, as I’m terrible at golf. My playing partners will now strongly attest to that fact. I don’t spend a lot of time at [...]
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My friend Laura wrote a post on her website today called “The Return“, detailing some thoughts on their return to Honduras. They spent a little over a month back here in the States raising money and awareness for their missions organization. A couple paragraphs caught my attention. I love the simplicity of life in Puerto [...]
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As I bring this series to a conclusion, I want to make one final statement. First though, let’s look back at the five things we talked about. Just sing! Put some heart into it! Don’t draw attention to yourself! Keep together! Glorify Him! To put it simply, I don’t care what you do. You can [...]
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Above all, sing spiritually. Have an eye to God in every word you sing. Aim at pleasing Him more than yourself or any other creature. In order to this, attend strictly to the sense of what you sing; and see that your heart is not carried away with the sound, but offered to God continually; [...]
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As I’m sure most of you remember, a couple weeks ago was Easter weekend. In the church, Easter is like the Super Bowl of the yearly schedule. We put our best foot forward, hoping to show new people that we’re not as boring as that church down the street, and that our theology is better [...]
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