If you're ever in the beautiful wine country of Northern California's Sonoma Valley, well you owe yourself a 2.5 hour treat called the Sonoma Canopy Tour. It's beautiful country to drive through and the experience once you get there is well worth … [Continue reading]
PRAYING THE BEATITUDES OF TEACHING
Dallas Willard in the Divine Conspiracy proposes that the beginning of the most famous of Jesus' sermons, the "Sermon on the Mount", begins with what is actually a role call of sorts. In other words, he believes that Jesus is speaking to... the … [Continue reading]
PLEASE TOUCH
In our litigious society, kids ministry and youth ministry and even ministry in general has many scared of touch. One of the tasks that I've been working on now that I oversee kids ministry too is developing a policy manual for our volunteers. I … [Continue reading]
THE END OF THE WORLD PART II
We have billboards all over San Diego, one within like 200 yards of our church that read, "Judgment Day. May 21". My friend Trevor suggested that we rent a billboard and put this on it on May 22. Ha! I found this particularly funny because … [Continue reading]
THE ART OF DELEGATION
Everyone in ministry knows the pressures of feeling like you have too much to do and not enough time to do it. But the truth is, delegating some of it to others is easier said than done. Especially if it is going to be done right where people are … [Continue reading]
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