How to Clarify your Vision

How to Clarify your Vision

Clarifying your vision We lived in North Carolina for a few years, right in the middle of the Great Smokey Mountains.  It is very easy to tell where the name comes from. If you have driven through the Smokey Mountains in the morning, you know as well.  There is so...
The Power of Pinterest in Ministry

The Power of Pinterest in Ministry

I’m sure by now you are familiar with Pinterest.com.  The virtual pinboard for saving and organizing photos from websites.  Based on the hours I know friends and family have spent there, I originally called it a “black hole that sucks your time”.  I have since changed...
Coffee Creativity- Don’t Give Up

Coffee Creativity- Don’t Give Up

Do you enjoy a hot cup of coffee? Maybe a caramel latte or peppermint mocha is more your style. And if you are one of the few people that don’t drink coffee you at least know someone who does. But have you ever thought about where coffee comes from? I’m sure you are...
How to Lead like Jesus

How to Lead like Jesus

And Jesus said unto them, “Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men. And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him.” (Mark 1:17, 18 KJV) Such a simple statement, but such profound results.  This was how Jesus built his inner core...
Excellence: neither expensive nor elite

Excellence: neither expensive nor elite

Often when we think of ministry excellence, we think of places with lots off money, extravagant sets, lighting, and decor. Sometimes what we perceive as excellent is also perceived at elite, or the best of the best.  I would say that I don’t think excellence has...