The following post is taken from our GCF Monthly; the monthly newsletter that we send out from GCF. As we get ready to move into Lent, it is my hope and prayer that our church focuses in on prayer and finding intimacy with the Father.
There are the names of three specific people in my prayer [...]
Archive for January, 2008
The Law of Diminished Returns
Posted in Christianity, Jesus, Ministry, Religion, Theology, church on January 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Are Pastors just “Much Ado about Nothing”
Posted in Christianity, Culture, Jesus, Life, Ministry, Religion, Theology, church on January 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Here I am sitting in my “pastor’s study” beginning the day with the same routine: writing my blog post for the day. I have my planner in front of me on my desk and I can see all of the things that are before me today. I enjoy my work.
BUT there are times. There are [...]
My Life and Franklin-Covey
Posted in Christianity, Culture, Family, Jesus, Life, Ministry, Religion, Theology, church on January 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I first learned to use the Franklin-Covey planning system about five or six years ago. Only a year or so later, my terrific mother-in-law bought me a copy of Covey’s The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. I worked through the book when I got it and developed a life mission statement.
That was four or [...]
The Public Expression of Christianity
Posted in Christianity, Culture, Jesus, Life, Ministry, Religion, Theology, church on January 28, 2008 | 4 Comments »
“Do you want to be one of my millionaires?” was the question that a televangelist posed to his listeners yesterday morning.
I did something yesterday that I have not done in a long time. I don’t recommend it to anyone as a regular habit, but it was very good for me to do yesterday in a [...]
Can’t Politicians be more Creative?
Posted in Christianity, Culture, Jesus, Life, Ministry, News, Politics, Religion, Theology, church on January 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
WARNING: what I am about to write will probably make me sound like just another uptight, evangelical Christian. Oh well . . . so be it.
We elected a Governor in Kentucky last November, or at least that’s one way to look at it. It may be more accurate to say that we unelected the sitting [...]
Empty Brain
Posted in Blogging, Christianity, Culture, Family, Jesus, Life, Ministry, Religion, Theology, church, football, sports on January 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
After titling two posts within one week Signs of America’s Increasing Ignorance, I am a bit ashamed to say that I have a relatively empty brain this morning. Nothing big and flashy floating around up top.
So, here are a few random thoughts about life . . .
1. It is cold in Kentucky today and it [...]
“American Mental Illness Idol”
Posted in Christianity, Culture, Jesus, Life, Ministry, News, Religion, Theology, church on January 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Kyra loves realitivy TV shows. Her favorites are “So You Think You Can Dance”, “Dancing with the Stars,” “Dance War” and now, she is in heaven because “American Idol” has returned to television.
I usually watch some of these shows with Kyra, but there is something about these first weeks of “American Idol” that always leaves [...]
Signs of America’s Increasing Ignorance, Again
Posted in Christianity, Culture, Family, Jesus, Life, Ministry, Religion, Theology, church on January 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A great editorial cartoon in the Lexington Herald Leader, yesterday. The cartoon showed a kid watching cable television. There were three I.V. lines running from the television into his arm; one reading salt, one reading sugar and one reading fat.
Last summer I made a couple of references to a book my wife was reading called [...]
Cash and Culture
Posted in Christianity, Culture, Jesus, Life, Ministry, Religion, Theology, church on January 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We are in a two part sermon series at GCF focusing on money and finance.
On Sunday, we outlined the financial difficulties that seem all too common to American families and we talked about allowing Jesus to deal with the greed and selfishness that we all deal with.
At our Community Group on Sunday night and over at [...]
Bill Hybels, Brittney Spears, Rick Warren and Other Thoughts
Posted in Christianity, Culture, Jesus, Ministry, News, Politics, Religion, Theology, church on January 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
More arm-chair theology from my six year old . . . this morning on the way to school she decided that we should discuss the nature of the church. Here was her thought: “The church does not belong to my Dad (I’m a pastor). It belongs only to God. And people who are hurt and [...]
