The apostles performed many miraculous signs and wonders among the people. And all the believers used to meet together in Solomon’s Portico. No one dared join them, even though they were highly regarded by the people. Nevertheless, more and more men and women were added to their number. Acts 5.12-14 The Church […]
He has risen! –Luke 24.6 The three words that changed everything were the words of the angel on that first Easter morning, the first Easter celebration. The most recent Easter celebrations, here at Nativity, were really amazing too and I want to thank everyone who made that happen. We had dozens (hundreds?) of volunteer ministers working […]
Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news: “I have seen the Lord!” John 20.18 This is Easter weekend, and that means a lot of people are coming to Church, especially on Sunday. Besides the Easter Vigil, we have four Easter morning services in six venues. We don’t do Sunday afternoon services on Easter because […]
Here’s the rest of my list: Mistake #6: Trying to Fix Problems…rather than Process. Unfortunately, there have been too many times when I have found myself reacting to a problem rather than addressing the process that led to the situation in the first place. It takes a lot of discipline to rise above the […]
One more post inspired by Tony Morgan’s book (see below). Morgan lists the top 10 leadership mistakes he’s made over the years. I resonated with most, but not all of his list. I also easily thought of a few that didn’t make his list that rank high on mine. The order of my list is […]
I am usually carrying around a book. I have piles of books at home that I am reading, intending to read, thinking about reading, almost finished reading, re-reading. (It’s probably a terrible system, I think I developed it in college.) But then sometimes there is a book I’ve got going on that is on a […]
This week I was listening to a church leader describe a prime value his church staff together hold. They describe this value in a simple phrase:they call it “Heart for the house.” The phrase speaks to the loyalty, honor and single-mindedness they hold for their church. The question, “How’s your heart for the house?” is […]
Yesterday morning we meet with our Strategic Planning Leadership Team. Each of these team members in turn lead a team of people looking at campus and buildings, finances, human resources, technology and a category we’ve been calling “teaching church.” As I learned in the course of the meeting, these teams are doing a […]
We have been talking about emotional health (the past two messages are available here on our blog as video pod casts). For too long we have delegated “emotional issues” to the therapists office, or, ignored them entirely. Emotional health and spiritual health are inseparably linked and critical to real discipleship. (Peter Scazzero’s book on the […]
About half way through the 10:30 Mass this morning here at Ridgely Road, during the Creed, Austin (a Sunday staffer) came over to me and whispered “Crowne Plaza is filled.” It was one of those moments that I will easily remember for a long time, maybe forever. It is great when you get to […]
