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 Productivity, Selah - Think About It, Vibrance in Ministry, church, pastoral ministry, tagged encouragement, excellence, Faith, hope, LinkedIn, perspective, thankfulness on November 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today was a great day.
I got a lot done, much of which wasn’t on my list for today, but oh-well!
Today started bright and early with coffee at 7AM for an idea and planning session with Brandon, a young, devoted husband and dad in our church who’s headed for full-time ministry. We met to discuss the [...]
Posted in Christian Authenticity, Christianity, Prayer, Religion, Vibrance in Ministry, Walk with God, discipleship, mentoring, pastoral ministry, tagged Daily Life, Future, Grateful Heart, gratitude, perspective, Prayer, thankfulness, trust on October 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Do you want your life to be one people remember in a positive light?
Do you hope people remember you as one who looked at what might be with hope and optimism?
Would you like to see what God is doing around you and say to a friend “Look what GoD just did!” and thank Him for [...]
Posted in Job Search, Productivity, Selah - Think About It, Vibrance in Ministry, Walk with God, church, pastoral ministry, worship, worship team, tagged confidence, Elijah, encouragement, excellence, Family News, Future, Job Search, joy, LinkedIn, perspective, trust, worship on August 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I respect and admire athletes who can dive. The strength. The grace. The supreme concentration. The split-second execution after endless training, nearly perfect.
And no splash.
Maybe one of the reasons I admire these athletes so much is that their skills are so far beyond mine, admiration is all I can come up with. In junior-high I [...]
Posted in Christian Authenticity, Job Search, Selah - Think About It, Walk with God, pastoral ministry, tagged Daily Life, determination, disappointment, encouragement, Faith, gratitude, guidance, hope, LinkedIn, perspective, Resolve, trust on August 20, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Faith. Hope. Gratitude.
They travel together, these three, and riding with them can be a sweaty-palmed, white-knuckle ride!
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Asking his girlfriend’s dad permission to marry his daughter was personally historic. Now to ask her face to face. He carefully chose the best scenario that would make it easy for her to say yes, and be a [...]
Posted in Family, Job Search, Vibrance in Ministry, pastoral ministry, tagged Family News, Future, guidance, Job Search, LinkedIn, thankfulness 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)
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 Christian Authenticity, Christianity, Devotional Thoughts, Religion, Selah - Think About It, Vibrance in Ministry, Walk with God, discipleship, pastoral ministry, worship, tagged confidence, Faith, guidance, LinkedIn, Reflections, Resolve, Thoughts, worship on August 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I read this morning from Isaiah 55. The insight thoughts I read on this chapter included these words:
Coming to the Lord costs a man nothing and, at the same time, costs him everything.
The offer is free in that a man need not give anything in exchange for his salvation. “Everyone who thirsts, come to the [...]
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 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 [...]
Phil
Jonell