Many years ago there was an invalid man who laid by the pool of Bethesda in Jerusalem. It was believed that the water could heal but the man had no one to help him get in, so for 38 painful years he waited for a chance until Jesus came by. Many of us have unused [...]
Posts Tagged ‘creative spirit’
We Want to Participate
Posted in Evolving Culture, Relevant Ministry, tagged alignment, Connecting, Consumerism, creative spirit, Evolving Culture, Hope, Leadership, missional, Missional Ministry, Purpose, Valuable life goal on March 18, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Your Walls Talk
Posted in Empowering Leadership, Evolving Culture, Intentional Facilities, Relevant Ministry, tagged building momentum, clarity, communication, Connecting, creative spirit, Empowering Leadership, Evolving Culture, Faith, Hope, Leadership, Relevant Ministry on November 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The walls of your church building communicate who you are. In fact, visitors decide in the first few seconds after pulling onto your site if your church is right for them. Are your facilities speaking the language of this “post- everything” world? At the same time, we are also in a “pre” world. A world [...]
How The Mighty Fall
Posted in Empowering Leadership, tagged alignment, Authentic, clarity, creative spirit, Empowering Leadership, Epic story, Hope, Purpose, vision on May 29, 2009 | 6 Comments »
“Are you continually renewing your effectiveness, or are you dangerously on the cusp of falling from great to good (and to irrelevance)?” History shows, repeatedly, that the mighty can fall. Athens fell. Rome fell. Some are now asking if that’s the U.S.’s fate? And it makes you wonder now that GM and so many other [...]
The Reason For God
Posted in Evolving Culture, Relevant Ministry, tagged Authentage, Authentic, clarity, creative spirit, Evolving Culture, Faith, Hope, Relevant Ministry on February 23, 2009 | 12 Comments »
I’ve always tried to avoid trite Christian sayings like, “Christians aren’t perfect…just forgiven” or, “Be ye fishers of men. You catch ‘em; He’ll clean ‘em.” Yet after 30 years of walking with Christ, I still struggle to explain the all encompassing impact of the Christian life. Of course we know the Lord delights in a [...]
Talking To A Wall
Posted in Empowering Leadership, tagged creative spirit, Empowering Leadership, Hope, Spirit's work on October 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »
There was a man who went to the wailing wall to pray twice a day for 25 years. A friend asked, “What do you pray for so diligently?” The man replied, “In the A.M. I pray for world peace and the brotherhood of man. In the P.M. I pray for the eradication of all illnesses [...]
Does Jesus Make Us Rich And Throw In Heaven To Boot?
Posted in Evolving Culture, Relevant Ministry, tagged creative spirit, Evolving Culture, Job, Relevant Ministry, Taj Mahal on June 26, 2008 | 5 Comments »
That was a sincere question a friend emailed me after reading my post yesterday? I posted about the Chinese perception that “Only Christians have a continuous creative spirit”. There’s a growing belief in China that a Christian foundation is vital to creativity, innovation, and in turn economic growth. So does God make us rich…and throw [...]
They Still Want To Be “Like Mike” (Part 2 of 3)
Posted in Evolving Culture, Relevant Ministry, tagged Chinese church, Chrsitian foundation, creative spirit, Evolving Culture, Faith, life abundantly, Relevant Ministry on June 25, 2008 | 4 Comments »
No, you’re not confused. This topic initially was a two part post. But, there’s just too much to ponder with this Chinese Christian experience. Only Christians Have A Continuous Creative Spirit Yes, here in the states we want to be “like Mike”. In China, they want to be like us. Yes like us, even with [...]
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