I have been reading a book called Practicing Greatness by Reggie McNeal and it is an incredible book. I am urging, pleading, begging, and any other word that might convince you, to go to your bookstore immediately and pick up this book.
It is a book that talks about the 7 disciplines of Extraordinary Spiritual Leaders. [...]
February 4, 2009
Categories: wednesday wisdom . Tags: children's ministry, get some sleep, leadership, manage emotions, managing temptation, ministry, physical well-being, practicing greatness, Reggie McNeal, self-management, spiritual leadership, student ministry, wednesday wisdom . Author: J.C. . Comments: Leave a Comment
I have read so many blogs the past few weeks on crossing denominational lines to reach your community, to “Be the church” (the body of God united through the common bond of Christ working to accomplish God’s will in a united effort), and New Year’s Resolution.
This really isn’t a change your life post or anything [...]
January 7, 2009
Categories: wednesday wisdom . Tags: Christianity, God, Holy Spirit, Intellectualism, Lifechurch.tv, One Church, One Purpose, Pete Wilson, religion, Steven Furtick, Unity, Unity in Christ, wednesday wisdom . Author: J.C. . Comments: 1 Comment
I wrote about the future of children’s ministry last week and absolutely loved where people’s minds got to go through the post.
I got a follow up comment from paulthinkingoutloud. Go back and read the comment here
Paul brought up an excellent point. This is been something that I heard alot about a few months ago throughout [...]
December 17, 2008
Categories: wednesday wisdom . Tags: Brookwood Church, Brookwood Kids, children's ministry, CM, Godly Parents, Kid's ministry, parent forum, resources, SC Elementary School, scripture memory, Simpsonville . Author: J.C. . Comments: Leave a Comment
I have learned so much, during my time at Brookwood. From video and production stuff, to relationship building, and ministering to people and more and more about a life that is dedicated to Christ. Learning for me is the lifeblood of what I do. I want Paul’s prayer in Phillipians 1 to come true in [...]
December 10, 2008
Categories: wednesday wisdom . Tags: broken relationship, Brookwood Church, Brookwood Kids, children's ministry, Jesus, Jesus Christ, kids, ministry, Phillipians, relationship, SC Greenville SC, Simpsonville, Spirit of God, wednesday wisdom . Author: J.C. . Comments: Leave a Comment
Today’s lil pearl of wisdom is about accountability.
I learned a whole lot of stuff during my tenure at UPS. I was a part time supervisor there for a while and thus had to go through their immense training manual. Most goofed off during what those that had been thru the training called “three [...]
December 4, 2008
Categories: wednesday wisdom . Tags: Accountability, children's ministry, Consequences, leadership, leadership and accountability, ministry, responsibility, Spiritual Consequences, student ministry, wednesday wisdom . Author: J.C. . Comments: Leave a Comment
I am going a different route with this post today. First if you aren’t a fan of dead animals then I would ask you to stop reading this post right now. This was your warning. Yesterday a great friend of ours was working in the yard in the middle of the afternoon. He decided to [...]
October 22, 2008
Categories: wednesday wisdom . Tags: 10 point deer, christian service, Christianity, church, Deer hunting, Fellowship One, Fierce Lover, Jesus Christ, Love like Jesus, Tim Mackey, wednesday wisdom . Author: J.C. . Comments: 2 Comments
Ok so I saw Andy Crouch at Catalyst. He was very good, but I don’t think that he got enough time to really dive into the intricacies of what he was presenting. I will touch the base of what he said so we can hopefully start a little bit of dialog on this subject.
First he [...]
October 15, 2008
Categories: wednesday wisdom . Tags: Andy Crouch, Creating Culture, Critic of Culture, Culture and the Church, Culture Making, wednesday wisdom . Author: J.C. . Comments: 13 Comments
Yesterday was an incredible day for me. Not only am I prepping for Catalyst but I also got to play some basketball. We played the closest game that we have all year. We rebounded well, we played awesome defense, and scored regularly. We lost by one at the buzzer. I am super competitive so I [...]
October 8, 2008
Categories: wednesday wisdom . Tags: broken relationship, buzzer beater, game changing performance, how to live your life, Make every second count, One Month to Live, sudden death . Author: J.C. . Comments: 1 Comment
So I have been playing basketball for the last two weeks and have been loving it. I absolutely love basketball. The running the athleticism. The constant thinking and improv on the run. You must continue to think and change and be flexible. The experience of basketball for me is incredible. I just love being on [...]
October 1, 2008
Categories: wednesday wisdom . Tags: Book of Matthew, christian growth, christian service, Christianity, experience, Experiencing God, God, loving God, Service, wednesday wisdom, Wisdom . Author: J.C. . Comments: 2 Comments
So I have learned so much in the past few days. Reading has such a big impact on my life. Today I want to look at a verse that most of you out there know. But look at it from a perspective that you might not have done before.
John 14:6
Jesus answered “I am the way, [...]
September 24, 2008
Categories: wednesday wisdom . Tags: eternal life, God The Father, Jesus, Jesus Christ, purity, religion, the truth, truth, wednesday wisdom, what is truth . Author: J.C. . Comments: 1 Comment