Last week, I announced a contest where I was giving away 4 copies of Shannon O'Dell's book, Transforming Church in Rural America. The first two winners are both Wesleyan pastors. Josh Rhone pastors Mt. Union Wesleyan Church in Pennsylvania ...
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Transforming People and the Church and Win a Free Book!
I just finished Shannon O'Dell's book, Transforming Church in Rural America. There are two things I love about this book. First, he includes links to videos where you can actually see the churches and places he is talking about and secondly, he removes a lot of the excuses for why rural churches aren't ...
Review of “Ageless Faith”
I received a review copy of "Ageless Faith", one of Wesleyan Publishing House's March releases. The authors are father and son, Dr. Keith and David Drury. This book is "A Conversation Between Generations About Church" and covers topics such as women in leadership, denominational leadership, race, conversion, worship, alcohol, and ordained ministry. This ...
Mentoring Ups and Downs
Over the years, I have had the privilege of mentoring and being mentored by many great people in ministry. 10 years of ministry on a college campus kept a steady flow of ministry students involved in our church's youth ministry. I've enjoyed many lunches with some great men and women and watched lots ...
Forgotten 5 Signs You Picked the Wrong Career
Disclaimer: Many people feel trapped in jobs and careers they don't love because of their financial obligations. We have so much debt that we have left ourselves little career flexibility. Sometimes, laziness on our part is the biggest hindrance in our job. This list is meant as motivation to do something to ...
New This Week and What’s the difference?
Our youth group is starting a 7 week series tonight called "What's the difference?" We are going to be looking at various world religions and the differences between them and Christianity(hint: it's Jesus). The goal is not for them to know more about other religions but to know what and why they believe better. Here ...
Marriage and Relationship Resources
My wife, Karen, and I are speaking at a Valentine's banquet tonight at a local church. We are sharing our personal story of God's healing and blessing. It is exciting and humbling to receive an opportunity like this. It will be good to see some old friends there as well. With that in mind, here ...
Speed Reading 2.0
If you're going to grow as a person and a leader then reading great books should be an essential part of your growth. I have recently started reading with a new method that I wanted to share with you. There were 2 things I wanted to accomplish with this method. 1. Read faster 2. ...
New Music Tuesday featuring Toby Mac
Great Music hitting the shelves today and that you may have missed over the last few months! Toby Mac at . Fair at Fireflight at
Breaking the Sabbath-Part 1
Last week I posted some Action Steps I was taking to be a better man and do everything with excellence. As I have been taking a good hard look at my life I realized that most of the issues of stress and ineffectiveness I face stem from my failure to faithfully observe the Sabbath. ...