My friend is at a cross road. This person faces a major life decision.
One way is easy, the other difficult. One way seems certain, the other ambiguous.
Perhaps you too are facing a difficult decision. My mom sent me this short presentation yesterday. It’s all about holding on to what is [...]
Archive for March, 2008
31 Mar
The Rope
31 Mar
Pancakes for How Many?
“Roy, will you quarterback our Grandpa’s Famous Pancake Party”?
A party, pancakes, and event coordinating? Three of my most favorite things – “I’m in.”
Should have read the fine print. Prepare 4,220 five inch pancakes for 2,100 hungry weekend church goers, ok?
My first action was to pray. God loves it when his kids have a [...]
28 Mar
8 Things a Grown Man Should Never Have
While acknowledging that all grown men are really just little boys trapped in old bodies…
There are a few things that Steve Calechman’s article in Men’s Health reminds us that “grown” men should never have:
1. A Black Eye – By now we should be smart enough to talk our way out of a fight…that we’re gonna [...]
27 Mar
Leadership
“There are no office hours for leaders“ – James Gibbons
One thing I’ve learned through my 18 years of running my business is that the above quote is pure truth.
And this truth spills over to our ministry as well.
Case in point – a very good friend of mine who is a pastor at a [...]
26 Mar
Foul Ball
Spring Time in Florida. Days like today (72 degrees and sunny) makes the dog days of summer just a little more bearable.
Other than the ungodly pollen count, Spring Training Baseball is a sure sign that summer is around the corner. And most boys (big or little) love baseball.
One of my best memories of attending a [...]
25 Mar
Easter 08
Gonna sound strange, but one of my dreams has always been to be on the “inside” of a church service for one of the BIG ones, Christmas or Easter. To play a small roll in impacting literally thousands of people for the Kingdom has always been my sole (and soul) purpose.
Dream fulfilled this past weekend.
Record [...]
24 Mar
God Bless You…
The act of “Blessing” is not just Old Testament. The book of Hebrews is full of the greater blessing the less. The New Testament also speaks of man’s duty to bless God (think Zacharais, Simeon, and even Mary).
But perhaps the greatest blessing is found in Matthew 25:34 “Then the King will say to [...]
21 Mar
Blessing The Food – Why?
Good Friday…
God chose to bless us by allowing His son to endure his horrific death today…that very thought overwhelms me. Thank you God.
And so God’s blessing rules over creation. He blessed His living creatures by saying “Be fruitful and multiply” – Gen 1:22. The first thing God does in relation to man is to bless [...]
20 Mar
Blessing Uncovered
First off – there are far greater minds that have far superiors abilities to define this powerful theological happening called “Blessing” than me. Who am I?
But this chase is how I learn…it’s how I grow. Jump in with me.
In Greek, the word Blessing means “to speak well”.
“Blessing, like cursing, is an object of belief [...]
18 Mar
Blessing
It happened again yesterday.
I was sitting at the table, minding my own business, staring longingly into my steaming hot bowl of grilled chicken and wheat pasta…about to dive in…when I was interrupted with:
“Roy, will you bless the food?”
When in a group setting, if asked to pray, you have but a few minutes to gather your [...]
17 Mar
Dominion Sensor
You have one…I do too.
Mostly it’s silent…until triggered. But once its tripped, its a 5 alarm happening.
Mine just went off a few minutes ago.
Today is my CC’s big day. She turned 15 yesterday, which here in Florida means that you can drive! So she and I had an 8:15 am date this morning at [...]
13 Mar
Holy Box
My faith is so personal.
In fact, it is so personal that all of my God thoughts, ideas, hopes, and actions must fit into my Holy Box.
You know the thoughts: Heaven, salvation, sin, free will, predestination, spiritual gifts…the list goes on. Somehow I feel that all of the tenants of my Christian faith must be [...]
12 Mar
Are We Just Maintaining?
Why are our American churches declining?
Peter Drucker, one of the brightest and best business minds of our time once said:
“Management is doing things right; Leadership is doing the right things.”
Todd Rhodes at mondaymorninginsight.com wrote “Could this also be true in our churches today? Could it be that while most churches are ‘doing things right, a [...]
10 Mar
A Better Question
Christian cliches – I’m convinced that our lazy habit of tossing around these cheap excuses of a real and vibrant faith work as a deterrent to drawing THEM to HIM.
As I get older I find myself challenging the cliche giver with counter statements like “faith is more complicated than that” or “truth is not always [...]
7 Mar
My Princesses
There exists a certain level of anxiety that only dads of girls share.
And some of us have the pleasure of multiplying that angst by 4.
How does a man daddy a girl? This mystery has confounded us fellas throughout the century. We ARE one of “other team”. We know what those boys are [...]
5 Mar
Not In My BIBLE!!!
To earn a few extra dollars during college, I would house sit for the mom of some friends of mine. This sweet elderly lady’s name was Mrs. Myrtle. Often they would have me come over to just keep her company. She was a feisty hero of the Faith who loved our God.
It [...]
4 Mar
You Can Only Pick 2…
Sitting in a production meeting today, we were confronted with a challenge…
…and we were stuck.
Our challenge was then framed within the following theory:
Have you ever heard of the Good-Fast-Cheap triangle? You can choose any two, but you can not have the third one. If you want “it” to be Fast and Good, it won’t [...]
3 Mar
Next To Drive
She was right.
I had not logged the hours teaching my 2nd oldest daughter CC to drive that I should have – she gets her permit in a few weeks!!!
So Saturday afternoon was the big day. We headed to an empty parking lot, swapped seats, and off she went. Other than confusing the brake for the [...]
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