The Need To Push When The Urge Is Missing

It’s been awhile since I’ve blogged, for sometime now I haven’t felt creative so I just stopped. Funny how the things we love to do fall by the wayside during times of transition, how we retreat and hide dur…

There has been quite a bit going on and little time for blogging. Today, I hope to post a few news items that relate to our work in Europe.First, the Lee Singers (Lee University, Cleveland, TN, USA) are currently on tour in Germany. Tom helped them fin…

Miserable leaders make for a miserable organization. Too many leaders are miserable, defeated, fatigued, frustrated and angry, and then they wonder why everyone around them is the same way. I believe that a leader must have a sense of humor, even bei…

First of all let me just take this opportunity to say Happy Mother’s Day to all of the mothers out there…especially my wife and my own mom, two of the greatest mothers that I know. This post is kind of off the beaten path of my normal posts on here….

It came out in the news today here in Germany that lawmakers will tighten the already stringent gun laws as a result of the Winnenden shootings in March. I couldn’t help but think of our youth group in Charlottesville, VA (Matt Temple’s era) and the days they would often spend playing paintball for "good clean fun." Winnenden massacre could lead to paintball and laser tag ban <!– Article Start

Just a quick heads up about some changes taking place in da’ Atik (our upstairs youth sanctuary) on Wednesday nights.  Starting last Wednesday, there will be three classes offered upstairs in which our young folks will participate.  Brett Fincher and I will be teaching the guys (9-12 and 13-18) and Jamie Fincher and my wife, […]

This is a response I posted to Bill Isaacs I posted on His Blog www.forwardleadership.orgI agree with you, Paul writes these letters to Timothy as a spiritual father to his son. The Holy Spirit has arrested Paul’s heart and called him to Macedonia t…