7 Ways Football Discipled Me I had the privilege of playing varsity football for the Climax-Scotts Panthers in high school under the leadership of Kevin Langs. Five years before I started on varsity, we didn’t have enough players to complete a football season, four years before our record was 0-9, but the year I graduated…
Colossians 3:15 “And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.” When something or someone rules, all must fall in alignment under its authority. I’ve been daily encouraging a friend and his wife going through chemotherapy. Today my encouragement was to allow the…
I just got the music going for a funeral visitation. The man’s death was unexpected and the family is feeling the rug pulled out from underneath them. As I got back to my office I returned a call to another family whose world was turned upside down by a routine checkup gone awry. Testing positive…
Listen Read Thursday morning is prayer time for our church staff. Before praying for the needs of the congregation, we share other things on our hearts. We couldn’t help but shed tears over the tragedy of Amanda Grace Blackburn’s death and I found myself scribbling some words on my Connections Report. This is what it…
After the Plenary Sessions we attended our first breakout. I attended the breakout hosted by Chase who is planting the 13th church from Kentwood Community Church: Union Christian Church. Chase’s story primarily centers around hearing the Holy Spirit. He tells of when he first heard God speak to him in an unequivocal way. As he…
The Tour The Well is located in Ionia, MI and is a plant out of Impact Church led by Dr. Ed Love. Shortly after The Well launched by meeting in a daycare center, First Baptist Church of Ionia felt called to offer their building to The Well. This historical monument in downtown Ionia has been…
Overview The 2015 Multiplication Summit of the Wesleyan Church is an event put on by the Nitrogen Network (the Church Health and Multiplication Department of The Wesleyan Church). This was a three day event from November 04 to November 06 with the goal of stirring up conversation on how to triple our current church multiplication…
This post is part of The Grave Robber series. Listen Manuscript Thesis: If you pray effective prayer, you can have peace in the outcome. Me “I heard you and your wife arguing last night”, a neighbor remarked to his newlywed neighbor, “Honeymoon over?” “Not really, it’s just that when it comes to some things, I…
This post is part of The Grave Robber series. Audio Manuscript Thesis The work of God opens the eyes of the blind, but closes the eyes of the proud. Me Good morning. I’d like to do a little experiment. And I’m going to have to ask some of you to close your eyes. Now, if…
This post is part of The Grave Robber series. Audio Manuscript Thesis God is more concerned with fulfilling His mission than satisfying man’s rulebook. Me If there is any game that frustrates me, I’d have to say it’s the game Apple to Apples. I know there are avid fans out there today scratching your heads,…