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What’s the very first thing you should do if you want to take a blog to the next level and develop it into a full-fledged, legitimate online business? Start treating it like a business. Sounds simple enough, right? But too many bloggers skip this…
There is a relationship that exists between a speaker / teacher / preacher and his or her audience. The entire experience is built on three pillars and whether people remember what you say and act on it depends on these three factors: ethos, logos, and…
The question was straightforward: What are some of the most difficult things you have done in ministry? I asked this question on some of my social media channels, so it was an informal survey. The responses were high, over 600 in the first eight hours. While the quantity of the responses was indicative of the…
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Passivity is epidemic among us. Especially among men. And it’s killing us. At the beginning of 2018, I told our church staff I was committing to living throughout this year with a “bias toward action.” I don’t know where I first…
I have a folder in my Dropbox where I store all the ebooks I download from across the web. As of this writing, I have about 300 ebooks in there. And guess how many I’ve read and put into action? I’m guessing between 4 and 7. It’s not …
This is an eyebrow. More on that in a second. It was about a year ago that I ran across a guy doing business online who taught me far more than I’d expected to learn from him. His name is Ray Edwards, and what caught my attention was a detail I r…
It’s tough out there right now for pastors and church leaders. But I don’t need to tell you this – you are either experiencing it yourself or you have friends who are. I’ve been very burdened recently to come alongside pastors a…
You can’t save the world. That’s Jesus’ role and he has fulfilled and is continuing to fulfill it perfectly. But Jesus wants to involve YOU in his work of restoring, renewing, and refreshing those around you.
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Hi! Welcome to the inaugural edition of The Reflectionary! I’ve been working on this idea for over a year and have finally found the time to put it together. The Reflectionary is a free weekly email newsletter filled with fresh spiritual insights…
Good Friday has often been thought of as the day when God required the brutal murder of his Son to appease his own wrath so that he might forgive us of our sins. But Good Friday is really all about God showing us himself as love by absorbing our sin an…