Pacing and the ministry

Rick Warren was interviewed by Andy Stanley on pacing and ministry.  There are too many pastors and ministers burning out and crashing because they don’t know how to pace themselves and rest because they’re doing “God’s work”.  Warren fainted in the pulpit the first year he started his church and he was depressed for the [...]

God-sized Dreams

Here are some thoughts from Erwin McManus’ session, day 2 of Catalyst West Coast:

There’s never been an ordinary human born yet we live the most ordinary lives.
Church isn’t about stopping people from doing wrong, it’s about unleashing people to do right.
Church shouldn’t be a prison, it’s a portal.
It’s not about calling people to my vision, [...]

The Third Space

Great first day of Catalyst West Coast.  Erwin McManus’ opening session on “third spaces” was inspiring and challenging.  McManus divides one’s relational life into three spaces: 1st space is where people are like you, you are the norm.  The church is often a 1st space where no aliens or outsiders are allowed; 2nd space is [...]

Take a Breath

After running wind sprints for Pee-wee football our coaches always yelled for us to catch our breath by facing the mountains. We’d face toward Wa’ahila ridge from Crane park in Kapahulu and suck in the fresh mountain air to replenish weary nine-year-old lungs. As the oxygen did its job, our bodies would recover just [...]

Derek and Patti: A Living Hope

Derek and Patti are members of Grace Bible Kapolei. Watch their incredible story of clinging to faith in Jesus when faced with seemingly impossible circumstances.

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Life’s measure

Every few months I measure the height of my three boys.  I do it the old school way.  No fancy tools or cartoon wall charts.  I make them stand ramrod straight against the door jamb of my office with a book on their heads and note their height with a pencil.  Then we stand back [...]

Church-planterpreneur

Just a quick thought on church planting.  It takes a certain amount of entrepreneurial characteristics to start a church:

Self-starter:  Nobody’s going to do it for you.  It takes initiative and self-management.  There’s a certain appeal to being your own boss, but it can be a person’s downfall if they don’t know how to work without [...]

Lighthouse

I always liked the image of a lighthouse in a storm.  I have this same picture hanging in my office.  I always think of God as the lighthouse standing firm, giving guidance, direction, and security.
I’m pretty sure that David – king and psalmist – didn’t have a clue about lighthouses.  But his words in Ps. [...]

Radical

Radical = departure from the usual or traditional.
This Sunday is the final message of the “Aikea” series.  You can listen to the previous messages here.
The message is titled, “Aikea…so I’m radical”.  First, radical does not mean piercings, tatoos, or wearing Ed Hardy clothing.  Being radical is not about how we look on the outside.  For [...]