Have you ever focused so much on a word that suddenly no matter how you spell it it doesn’t look right? Have you focused intently on printing something perfectly and suddenly forgot how to write a certain letter properly? I have done both of the above. It seems sometimes when we try our hardest to [...]
Archive for January, 2009
One of my very early mistakes as a young man was to deny the calling of God on my life to be a minister. In my defense I did not completely deny Him but I wasn’t willing to fully rely on Him to provide for me. I wanted a contingency plan. I knew full well [...]
So right now I am looking at turning one of my adult Sunday School classes into a small group style ministry. I have been looking around at resources. One thing that has caught my eye is the Crazy Love DVD Resource. However, That will only last around 10 weeks and I am trying to plan [...]
I just had my 6 month eval. I like evals I think they are important. I try to get my teams to eval me and give me input regularly. On the flip side the way we do evals is brutal. 25 people get a 3 question survey and basically put down whatever they want. Some [...]
This past week our interim pastor asked me to preach in a service at the beginning of March. As I have reflected on this opportunity I have been impressed that this church will have experienced a great shift. By the first week in March have launched two phases of our evangelism and outreach strategy. We [...]
When It Clicks
Posted: January 13, 2009 by passionburnswithin in Ministry, Philosophy, Religion, UncategorizedOne of the hardest things to do in the ministry is to communicate your vision process to other people. For one most people do not think of church the way a pastor does and for another they are not thinking about church as much as a pastor does. Communicating the vision is easy but trying [...]
Around 6 months ago when I left Rock Hill, SC and moved to Greenville, SC I knew that there would be some adjustments that had to be made. The first was I was going to be shouldering a lot more responsibility in my new position and new church. I did not know that I would [...]
