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Moving to Gering – an Overview

Posted in Family, Job Search, Vibrance in Ministry, pastoral ministry, tagged , , , , , on August 17, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Here’s a broad-brush overview for you who are interested in our forthcoming move.
Next month at this time we’ll BE there!  (hard to imagine sometimes).
Phil & Brenda to Gering
(This is a copy of the power-point display we put together for Wisconsin farewells.  Viewable on power-point viewer)

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Re-post: Feeling Poor is Not a Financial Condition

Posted in Discussions, Family, Productivity, Selah - Think About It, discipleship, mentoring, pastoral ministry, tagged 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 [...]

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I’m Honored to Participate

Posted in Copywriting / Copy editing, Creative Consulting, Discussions, Family, Vibrance in Ministry, choral music, church, discipleship, mentoring, pastoral ministry, worship, worship team, tagged 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 [...]

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God Sightings in this Transition

Posted in Christianity, Family, God, Job Search, Prayer, Selah - Think About It, Vibrance in Ministry, Walk with God, tagged on July 24, 2009 | 3 Comments »

I love that faith grows stronger and bolder by reviewing  what God has already done.  It’s one of the reasons I enjoy reading Bible history.  One can read of faith in action —or the lack thereof— and learn from giants or wimps of the faith.
We’re seeing God at work at every turn in this latest [...]

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Packing’s Side-Trip Down Memory Lane

Posted in Family, Story-Telling, Walk with God, pastoral ministry on July 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Well I got two good hours of packing in tonight.  The last 20 minutes or so led me down Memory Lane.  It was nice.
Tonight’s task was to start through all the 3-ring binders I’ve collected through the years, and toss what I don’t believe I’ll need in Gering.  What I end up wishing I’d kept [...]

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In Transition – Again

Posted in Family, Job Search, Walk with God, pastoral ministry, tagged on July 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »

You may have guessed, if you’re a regular here, that life’s gotten busy or something; the frequency of posts has fallen off lately. Well, you’re right.  but it’s for good reasons — and it’s temporary.
I accepted a new position on June 28th as Associate Pastor with Calvary Memorial Church in Gering, Nebraska.  Our aim is [...]

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My Thankful Heart

Posted in Christian Authenticity, Family, Job Search, Prayer, Selah - Think About It, Vibrance in Ministry, Walk with God, church, pastoral ministry, tagged on June 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I don’t think there’s a more grateful guy in all of SE Wisconsin today.
God has answered my prayers and the prayers of family & scores of friends. We received the call yesterday that Calvary Memorial Church in Gering, Nebraska had voted after church on Sunday morning —an overwhelming majority— and I was invited to join [...]

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God Is At Work –

Posted in Christian Authenticity, Devotional Thoughts, Family, God, Job Search, Prayer, Selah - Think About It, Walk with God, discipleship, mentoring, pastoral ministry, worship, tagged on June 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

We have a framed saying in our dining room:
I believe in the sun,
even when it is not shining.
I believe in love,
even when I do not feel it.
I believe in God,
even when He is silent.
It was discovered written on the wall of a Nazi concentration camp.
What encouraging words, realizing the conditions in which they were penned!
God [...]

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Quality Assurance on a Personal Level

Posted in Family, Selah - Think About It, Vibrance in Ministry, Walk with God, discipleship, mentoring, pastoral ministry, tagged , , , , , on June 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

A friend of mine says, tongue-in-cheek, that life gets pretty interesting sometimes when you’re married to the Holy Spirit.  His wife just smiles and shakes her head when he says that.  She probably tolerates his saying so because she knows the trouble he’d be in if she just let things go!
I’m currently on a temporary [...]

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You get what you emphasize…

Posted in Discussions, Family, Performance Improvement, Productivity, Selah - Think About It, Story-Telling, mentoring, pastoral ministry, tagged 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 [...]

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