Posted in Discussions, Selah - Think About It, Vibrance in Ministry, Walk with God, church, pastoral ministry, worship, worship team, tagged Commitment, Community, determination, encouragement, LinkedIn, Resolve, worship on November 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I read a brief prayer again this morning and my heart said “Amen”
Lord let us not become singers of trite songs, let us proclaim with powerful verse your holiness.
Let us not be speakers of cavalier words, let us declare your glory with every breath.
It’ the conclusion of a post by one of my favorite critical [...]
Posted in Devotional Thoughts, Discussions, Titus, Walk with God on August 30, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Titus
Paul, a bond-servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the faith of those chosen of God and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness, [2] in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised long ages ago, [3] but at the proper time manifested, even His [...]
Posted in Devotional Thoughts, Discussions, Selah - Think About It, Walk with God, tagged Titus on August 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We’ve done this on occasion here on Vibrance, with Philippians and the Proverbs - it’s time to give it another go. The idea came to me in church today.
We’ve been thinking about the fruit of the Spirit this summer at Spring Creek Church, and today Pastor Chip concluded the series, talking about self-control. When he [...]
Posted in Discussions, Family, Productivity, Selah - Think About It, discipleship, mentoring, pastoral ministry, tagged Debt-free Living on August 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’m looking forward to working with young marrieds, young families and young singles at Calvary Memorial this fall.
One of the things I really want to do is help those families stay out of debt (like we didn’t). So I’m gathering helpful materials to use in classes, seminars and across the table in one to one [...]
Posted in Copywriting / Copy editing, Creative Consulting, Discussions, Family, Vibrance in Ministry, choral music, church, discipleship, mentoring, pastoral ministry, worship, worship team, tagged LinkedIn on August 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Good morning!
My/our son Jared has revamped his blog, With | One | Voice with an admirable purpose and objective as it relates to worship ministry. He’s asked me to contribute and it was an honor to say “Of course!”
Take a look, bookmark With | One | Voice so you can check in periodically to see [...]
Posted in Devotional Thoughts, Discussions, Religion, Selah - Think About It, Walk with God on June 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Hannah – Elkanah – Peninnah & her children apparently all lived under one roof.
That had to have been difficult.
Yesterday in our Joint Heirs life-group / ABF we talked about Hannah’s defining moment (1 Samuel 1 &2) as it related to her unfulfillment (inability to have children).
The question surfaced as we talked about Peninnah, Elkanah’s other [...]
Posted in Christian Authenticity, Christianity, Discussions, Performance Improvement, Religion, Selah - Think About It, Walk with God, pastoral ministry, tagged LinkedIn on May 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I heard a Bible College instructor say one morning a few years ago that it’s frustrating sometimes — the best of intentions and selfish ambition can exist in the human heart at one and the same time. He gave an example:
“I can prepare and teach y’all this morning (he’s from Alabama, so he says “y’all” [...]
Posted in Discussions, Family, Performance Improvement, Productivity, Selah - Think About It, Story-Telling, mentoring, pastoral ministry, tagged LinkedIn on May 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you work with, live with, travel with, play with, or attempt to lead PEOPLE you already know the challenge of getting behavior you want from the people you work, live, travel, play with – or try to lead.
Someone once asked Leonard Bernstein how he got what he did from the orchestras he conducted.
“I get [...]
Posted in Christian Authenticity, Christianity, Devotional Thoughts, Discussions, God, Selah - Think About It, Walk with God, tagged future glory, heaven, pain, suffering, trials, troubles on May 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
For the believer in Jesus Christ, the promise of His imminent return encourages us to right living. We’ve been studying Heaven the last few weeks in our life group, (I’m loving team-teaching with Brenda!) and the question came to mind as we prepared for this week:
All this study of things future could get heady and [...]
Posted in Discussions, Performance Improvement, Productivity, Selah - Think About It on April 28, 2009 | 2 Comments »
It’s good to have money and the things money can buy. It’s good, too, to check up once in a while and make sure you haven’t lost the things money can’t buy.
[George Horace Lorimer]
Phil
Jonell