Am I Enough? You would think that at 52 years old I would not wrestle with questions like, “Am I enough?”, “Am I good enough?”, “Am I doing enough?” But I do often. Just the other day I asked my wife, “When do you think I will stop feeling inadequate?” Maybe you can relate. As…
Category: disciple making
Love is Ready to Dig Into the Mess
As disciple makers when need to embrace the reality of getting down into the mess for a long time. So I hate yard work. Hate it. I consider grass cutting day one that should be avoided even with the lamest of excuses. I’ve actually thought about paving over my entire front yard just so I…
25 Years Ago Today. How it All Started
(Note: This post is very long. It is the longest thing I’ve written. It is more like a short story. I thought about breaking it up into multiple posts but decided that the story is best told all at once. It is the story of how this day in history happened in my life 25…
Things I am Learning About Love, part 1
About a year ago, God began to bring to life a new community of faith in our home. I have told many people that the only way to describe how this spiritual family is coming into existence is by the Spirit of God. They are such an amazing group of people and they are teaching…
Influencing the Influencers is Not All Its Cracked Up to Be
“Influence the influencers.” “Find the key people”. “Who are the movers and shakers”? “If we can only get that guy connected”. You hear things like that often in church leadership circles when it comes to getting things done. We have this idea that if we can influence the elite in our communities or the person…
Part 3: Guarding Our Hearts as We Make Disciples
We must guard our hearts against greed when we are investing in the lives of others. 1 Peter 5:2 “…not greedy for money, but eager to serve.” Peter tells us to avoid loving and shepherding people out of a selfish desire for money. A friend of mine has told me more than once that “disciple…
Part 2: Guarding Our Hearts as We Make Disciples
As I wrote in the previous post, we must actively guard our hearts as we make disciples of Jesus. This is because we are imperfect people. We make mistakes. Our motives drift. We get off course. One of the lessons I have learned the hard ways is that… I must guard my heart against operating out…
Guarding Our Hearts as We Make Disciples
I have had the privilege of being able to walk alongside a lot of people over the years to help them grow as disciples of Jesus. I have been able to see, first hand, God change many people’s lives, which is amazing. It really is a privilege that I do not deserve and do not…
The Moment of Empowerment
As I close out this series on God Moments, it is good to go back and remember the point of all of this. It is to make disciples, followers of Jesus. The goal is not to help someone have a better life, change a behavior, increase their self esteem, etc.. Those are good things, but…
The Moment of Vulnerability
How often in life do we hear things like, “Never let them see you sweat”, “Fake it ‘till you make it”, “Image is everything”, “Don’t let people see that you are struggling”? The world around us tells us in a thousand different ways that it is not ok to let people know that you don’t…
Abiding in Jesus 