If You Had A Sign At A Gay Pride Parade, What Would You Write On It?
If You Had A Sign At A Gay Pride Parade, What Would You Write On It? Los (from here)
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y”OUR” Kingdom Come – The Impending Loss Of The Current Megachurch And How To Save Her…Kinda
The megachurches of the 50′s are not the mega churches of the 80′s. The megachurches of the 80′s are not the megachurches of 2012. Can you see what is going on here? The next statement is… The megachurches of 2012 are not going to be megachurches of 2032. And is that a bad thing? I [...]
The worst 2:37 seconds of my day and the best 2:37 seconds of our day
I woke up this morning with some physical symptoms of the anxiety I have been dealing with for 11 years. Dizzy. Heart Palpitations. Kinda numb in the face. All the $#@! that comes with this thorn. I know how long it will last. I know that I’ll have a crappy 24 hours. I know. If [...]
Something Greater Than Yourself
Murmuration from Sophie Windsor Clive on Vimeo. The second you stop believing in something greater than yourself… Something greater than yourself will show it’s face. Los
Let your kids bring the change in your life you want to see in theirs.
The conversation went something like this… “Babe. Look at Sohaila! DIVA! I mean seriously. She’s got it. She is soooo me! I love it.” “Yea. So how are we gonna fix that?” Ali responded. I call her “Ali” because at that moment, she unknowingly pulled back her left arm, clenched her fist, and went Ali [...]
Your Cynicism Is Fixing Nothing
Pete said something in his message yesterday that is still sitting with me. When, ever, has cynicism healed anything? This completely kicked my ass. Like hard. Here’s the deal. I am the king of them. Cynics. I have been on staff at mega churches, gone on 2 really large CCM tours, live in Nashville TN, [...]
Your 8 Year Old Will Not Remember Your Problems
She bought it with her own money. She asked me to help her put it together. I made it 2 hours and only had 1/4 of it done. I had to go run my 7 mile marathon training run. I got back home. She whispered to her mommy…”I think daddy might be too tired to [...]
8 Thoughts for My 8 Year Old
You turn 8 today. You have seen me cry 7 times and it’s only 9:15 am. You don’t even ask why anymore. You just hug me and say you are still gonna dance with me when you’re 18. You are walking that fine line of still coloring pictures of kittens yet giggling with all your [...]
Their Build A Bear Faith Vs. My Drunken Fight Faith
“Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.” – Paul My faith is a dirty thing. Literally. I have fought and rolled around with her (it’s definitely a she in my life) in [...]
I almost flipped off your Grandma today. How about you?
It’s not often I want to punch someone in the face. Actually it has only happened 2 times in my life. The first time was in 4th grade when the kid down the street was pushing my little brother. I swung and missed the guys face. But I hit must have hit my brothers heart [...]
RAIN IT DOWN
