Posted in Evolving Culture, tagged Evolving Culture, love on November 24, 2008 | 8 Comments »
Here is some encouraging news to be thankful for this holiday season. Recent Gallup Polls conducted in more than 140 countries show that the highly religious are more likely than less religious to engage in these three “helping behaviors”.
The tendency for highly religious people to donate their time and money is even more impressive [...]
Posted in Evolving Culture, Relevant Ministry, tagged community, Evolving Culture, love, Missional Ministry, Relevant Ministry on November 17, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Has anyone ever told you they’re a Christian but that “church” just isn’t their thing? There’s far too much of that today. You may have felt it yourself.
The Search Institute, a Minneapolis based research firm, recently discovered 55 percent of young people (6835 from age 12 to 25) say they are more spiritual now than [...]
Posted in Evolving Culture, Relevant Ministry, tagged Evolving Culture, future, love, Relevant Ministry, Sacrifice on November 14, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I wasn’t sure exactly why I was crying as I walked through Dulles airport last Friday. I had just passed a magazine rack where stories and pictures of Obama were everywhere, and it took me back 33 years…all the way back to my freshman year at Purdue University.
My roommate and I were moving into Shreve [...]
Posted in Evolving Culture, tagged love, Love Marriage on October 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The continuing drop in the stock market yesterday and this recession talk has me concerned. I found it interesting a recent American Psychological Association survey found stress is on the rise. In fact, 54% said they’d had at least one major argument in the past month with someone they love.
But it’s hard to admit when [...]
Posted in Empowering Leadership, Relevant Ministry, tagged alignment, appreciation, build relationships, clarity, Empowering Leadership, focus, lead, Leadership, love, momentum, Relevant Ministry, simple church on July 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »
You could cut the tension with a knife. Back in the early 90’s we’d grown our company beyond our management ability. It had become complicated, unworkable, and painful. You know what I mean. The “I don’t want to go to work anymore” kind of painful.
When things aren’t working well people start blaming others. We were [...]
Posted in Bahler Family Doing Life, tagged Bahler Family Doing Life, character, Diligence, father, frugality, humility, innovation, kindness, love, Purpose on June 15, 2008 | No Comments »
Well dad, you were 31 when I was born. I was your fourth son and your 6th of 8 kids. It was a different day then it seems. There were no cell phones, jet airliners, air bags, GPS, microwave ovens, interstate highways, internets, text messages, blogs, multi-site churches, small groups, Starbucks, TV preachers, and [...]
Posted in Bahler Family Doing Life, Evolving Culture, Three Relevant Ministry Responses, tagged community, Covenant, Family, It's a Wonderful Life, Life, love, Vanity on May 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Socrates said, “The unexamined life isn’t worth living. So maybe it’s OK I’m sitting at my keyboard at 4 am Sunday morning with far too many thoughts to sleep. I’m pondering the graduation yesterday of our fifth of six kids. We were blessed to have a special group of friends stop by. As I sat [...]
