Written by I’m in the middle of the second read of an amazing book by Gordon MacDonald called “Ordering Your Private World.” I thought I would share a snippet that really hit me today. I may post a few others as I go along. Ours can be a worldly religion, meaning that one can go a long [...]
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A Stop Doing List
Just reread this article from Jim Collins. If your life is busy (and most of us can relate), then you should take a minute to read this. A Stop Doing List by Jim Collins (author of Good to Great)
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Prayerful waiting on God is indispensable to effective service. Like the time-out in a football game, it enables us to catch our breath and fix new strategy. As we wait for directives, the Lord frees us from the tyranny of the urgent. He shows us the truth about Himself, ourselves, and our tasks. He impresses on our [...]
READ MORE »My Weekend at the Monastery
So life has been crazy lately, for a lot of different reasons. Several weeks ago, I decided that I needed to take a weekend away from everything and get by myself and spend some time alone with God. One of the spiritual disciplines that I have royally sucked at over the last 10-12 years is [...]
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My buddy, Aron Kirk, and I have been talking about our personal time with God recently, and yesterday he challenged me to join him in starting a Bible reading plan that Elevation Church developed called New Thru 30. It takes you through the entire New Testament in 30 days. I thought about it for a [...]
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