Stepping Out of Your Comfort Zone
But I Don’t Want To! We like the warm, safe feeling of our comfort zone. A comfort zone is a safe space where we don’t take risks, but we also don’t grow. It’s not simply a physical space, but a mental concept. It’s not just a wall we’ve built, but it’s also our daily routines […]
Am I My Brother’s Keeper?
Now That’s a Good Question Our actions have consequences. Sometimes those consequences are our own, sometimes they’re not. In Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians, he answers a question about eating food that was offered to idols. He points out that for some this isn’t an issue because they know the idols aren’t God, because […]
You Have to Show Up or Nothing Gets Done
And This Happens Way Too Often I’m writing this at 7:00 on Thursday evening, August 28, 2025. Earlier this afternoon, at about 2:30, I went by the job site for our current construction project. And the production crew wasn’t there. Based on the work that was done yesterday and what’s left to do, they hadn’t […]
Brokenness Is Part of the World
We Can Choose Broken or NOT We’re continuing through Paul’s letter to the people in Corinth. We’ve discussed how the people in the church have been fighting amongst themselves and missing their mission. The world is messy and broken but doesn’t have to be if we’re in alignment with God. This week Paul is giving […]
Deciding What Your Big Rocks Are
What Should I Do First? It’s 6:40 on Friday evening and it’s been a super crazy, busy day. I was supposed to have this week’s solution written and ready for my assistant Emily to edit and search for pictures this morning. I kept trying to squeeze in some time to start writing. Heck, I was […]
The World is Messy, God Isn’t
One is Upside-Down, But Not the Other The past couple of weeks we’ve been talking about our mission and how disagreements can be messy. We’re going to continue this messy discussion today. The leaders of the church in the Bible expected a messiah that would come and overthrow the people who they felt were oppressing […]
You CAN Be Productive by Doing Something
So … Do the First Next Thing! It’s up to you to decide what your first next thing will be. Last week I pointed out that doing nothing is unproductive and I referred to the Andy Andrews book, The Traveler’s Summit. The answer to being productive is to “DO SOMETHING”! Big things or a lot […]
Grace for a Messy Life
And We Can Make Things Pretty Messy Last week we discussed that our mission is building God’s kingdom here on earth. We talked about how messy disagreements happen when we lose sight of our mission. The Holy Spirit is our guide in this mission. There is one mission and one Spirit. Why is it that […]
You Can’t Be Productive by Doing Nothing
So … Do the First Next Thing So much of the time being unproductive comes down to doing nothing. We get so overwhelmed by all the things on our to-do lists that our brains start spinning out of control. Should I do this? Should I do that? And then … we get stuck in limbo […]
Our Mission is to Build God’s Kingdom
How Do We Do That? In construction, before you start building you need to know what you’re supposed to be building … you need a mission. Building God’s kingdom here on earth is no different. We need a mission. We were given that mission in Matthew 28:16-20. Jesus told His disciples that they had, “been […]