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Audacious Pastor · 1Y ago

A Gentle Flow of Water.

As I sit and watch the water flow in the waterfall that Nick and his friend Adam built for me, my mind is pondering the power of the effects that water has on rock. A steady stream of water can smooth out the most jagged edges on the hardest rock over a period of time.  [...]
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Audacious Pastor · 1Y ago

John Lennon, John the Baptist and John the Revelator

We started out talking about John Lennon.  I ended up with a picture on my wall of him after several months of conversation.  A few weeks later I had 5 pages of yellow notebook paper filled front and back with every album, every concert the Beatles ever performed. One day after talking about the unt
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Audacious Pastor · 2Y ago

5 Keys

I sat and looked at the 5 keys laid out in a straight line on my desk.  Looking at each key individually and then at the line of them.  What’s so special about those keys?   Each one represents a person who made a commitment on Sunday. I pick up each key separately turn it over [...]
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Audacious Pastor · 2Y ago

The tiniest spark….

This is an update on my post from last week. We were almost 10 minutes into our Sunday Service yesterday and though I thought that darkness had invaded the light and I was almost swallowed up…instead the tiniest spark of truth/curiosity, desperation…maybe all of the above caused him to walk into our
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Audacious Pastor · 2Y ago

When Darkness Invades

I was sitting at my desk, typing away on my laptop when it happened.  It hit me from out of left field.  I wasn’t ready, I was far from prepared…I was distracted…I was researching for a meditation…I was completely blindsided. In he peered, restless, twitching, upset, loud, and wanting to talk.  I si
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Audacious Pastor · 2Y ago

“ROBBERS”

I spent 3 1/2 hours the other day with a man who has never been to a church service in the 31 years of his life.  As far as he knows, his parents never went to church, or at least they never talked to him about church.  However, for people who have never been to [...]
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Audacious Pastor · 2Y ago

Defining “Terms” so we understand each other.

I have had two eye opening experiences regarding the “terms” people use and how we interpret them. A few months ago I was at my son’s house with several other members of our church at a monthly event we call “movie night.”  After the movie during discussion time, one of my son’s roommates (who is [.
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Audacious Pastor · 2Y ago

A Pastor’s “Call”

I had a meeting with a young woman from my church who is exploring a call into ministry. I love asking the question “So tell me how/when you were called into the ministry” and then waiting and watching the expression on their face, the excitement, the hesitancy, the hush that comes over them as they
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Audacious Pastor · 2Y ago

Accountability

I read, studied, and wrote a paper about John Wesley’s accountability questions that he and his small “band” asked one another. We spent some time as a pastor team also using these questions to ask one another.  These are great questions for all leaders to think and ask one another about. Today, que
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Audacious Pastor · 2Y ago

Mystery church guest

Ok, it might seem weird to some people, but I asked a young couple to show up at our church and give us an honest review of their experience.  I didn’t know when they were coming and I think the only other person who knew I was doing this was our associate pastor, Derek. I [...]
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