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 [...]
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August 5, 2008
Hong Kong Highlights #3
Well, the last session is cancelled because of Tropical Storm Kammuri that’s been upgraded to a category 8. You can track the storm here.
I was looking forward to the last session. I was planning on having the campers share some testimonies.
Last night was awesome. The theme was courage and we challenged the men to help [...]
August 3, 2008
Hong Kong highlights #2
Forgot to say in my earlier post that I had a dream that woke me early this morning…4:30! I never get dreams like this, but I feel it was for the church that I’m speaking at, so I shared it.
Good session tonight. Spoke on forgiveness and saw people break free from unforgiveness toward themselves and [...]
March 31, 2008
Weekend Rewind
Yesterday we had a good number of return Easter guests and first-time guests.
I believe every guest that I spoke with yesterday was invited to attend a small group by someone. Small groups are such an important part to our assimilation process.
Small groups provide a place for people to immediately connect relationally. We find that [...]
March 23, 2008
Weekend Rewind and catching up.
A couple weeks ago I wrote about a Sunday service we had where the wheels seemed to come off. Well, our comeback Sunday (March 16) was waaaaay better. The feel in the services was night and day compared to the 9th. Good bunch of first and second time guests too.
I’ve said it [...]
February 21, 2008
8 Laws of Growth
Rick Warren described 8 laws that affect spiritual growth.
Spiritual growth is intentional: we grow by making commitments.
Spiritual growth is incremental: we grow through a process; step-by-step. A mushroom takes 6 hrs. to grow, an oak tree takes 60 yrs…which one do you want to be?
Spiritual growth is personal: we grow according to our shape (how [...]
