I remember several years ago, after planting a growing church, family was good, ministry was good, time with God was good, but there was a deep emptiness inside I couldn’t explain, or really identify. After “dealing” with this for a time, I was invited to join a group of other pastors from my state that were pastoring Continue Reading…
I hate religion! I mean the mind set that dictates what must not, and what must be in order to please God. The mind set that adds to the Word what is not there, and ignores what is there, all in the name of “being” more righteous. In other words modern day Pharisees. Unfortunately, those who fall into this category would never admit it! Most are so righteous in their own minds, they don’t even know, that’s them! Continue Reading…
Charles “Chazzdaddy” Hill & me, talking about the handing off of the baton of leadership. Charles is a humble and obedient man of God! The Lord told him he could no longer run theSticks, that he had to lay it down and focus on his current church plant. So I was asked to pray about taking over theSticks and making it apart of the COMB Network. It is a match with “GOD” written all over it!
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I have been reading in Luke for a couple of days, looking at how Jesus led, and fed those around Him, in other words, I’m looking at Jesus through the lens of being a leader and pastor.
This really hit me this morning. In Luke 5.15&16, it says… Continue Reading…
As a leader right now, I feel I am in deep “do-do.” Ever feel like that? Way in over your head, tackling something above your ability? So much so, you sit almost completely numb, just thinking to yourself, “I better run away right now, before everyone finds out I really can’t do this!”
Having taken the helm of theSticks conference and gatherings, along with continuing to develop The COMB Network, and pastor Cornerstone, I say, WHAT!!! How can I do all this? The answer is simple I can’t. I need HELP! What God has has done is… Continue Reading…
I’ve been mesmerized the last several days about Peter’s encounter with Jesus in Luke 5. He and his partners were fishing all night, and caught NOTHING, Zero, Nada! The nets were cleaned and put away, they were ready to go home and crash… but wait. Jesus says to push out into the deep and let your nets down for a catch…what?? Continue Reading…
I was reading a blog today by Paul Anderson-Walsh He was addressing the issue of how leaders and pastors have left a lot people behind, because many are just to difficult and require to much energy to deal with. Many pastors are themselves hurt, and we know “hurt people hurt people”… Continue Reading…
You know, just because you are a pastor, leader, father, mother or CEO it doesn’t mean you aren’t human! I’m a pastor, but I am so human it is flat out scary. Almost everyday I think to myself, everyone around me is going to figure out I don’t have it all together. It’s not like I act as if I have it all together, it’s just that when you are a leader, people “think” you should have it all together! Well let me confess to you right now I DON’T! Let me tell you why… Continue Reading…
I hope most of you are familiar with “TheSticks” It’s a movement to engage, encourage & empower leaders, pastors & church planters in smaller communities… Continue Reading…
O how easy it is to get in a rut! I have found it very difficult my whole life not to get in a rut! I hate the RUT! Someone once defined a rut as “a grave with the ends knocked out.” I have discovered that if I allow myself to be in a rut in any one area… Continue Reading…
