June 2011 – Page 4 – 300 words a day

Stop

Sometimes the best way to start over is to clear your plate. The most vibrant church Heather and I were part of did just that. They wiped all their ministries off the plate. Small groups, worship teams, drama, Sunday school programs. Everything. And they let God rebuild the church slowly. They lost a lot of […]

The foolish cure.

(Here’s the video version of this post: The foolish cure) Namaan was sick. He was a war hero, he was an army commander, he was the king’s confidant. And he was sick. There was nothing he could do. There was no one that could help. Because of the contagion, he would be cut off from his […]

The more I feed your ego, the more I starve your soul

I wrote that in my journal Tuesday afternoon. I was sitting on a sofa, looking at the piles of work on my heart. It’s buried among a bunch notes and lists and descriptions and projects. But here’s what I think it means. It is possible for me to feed your ego. Not here. I mean […]