In today’s charismatic Christian circles, there seems to be a strange trend of hopping from church to church to serve or “minister” in different places while neglecting to stay planted in one home for very long. I was burdened with this for our local community today in prayer, but I know it’s a more widespread issue. In fact, years ago I was talking about this idea with the worship pastor at our prior church, Keegan…
I sent out an email today to my Kickstarter backers unpacking the unsuccessful campaign I just ran. Since many of you have followed along for the ride, I thought I would share the email here as well.——This is a challenging email to write on one hand, because it represents a shortcoming in one of my recent product launches. On the other hand, I’m encouraged because each time we experience failure in something, it is an…
For as long as I have been a believer, I have noticed there are many preachers who prey on weaker or more immature Christians. They play into the fears many of us have, and much like the main stream media, they use fear and paranoia to bring in listeners and build an audience. Prosperity preachers play into our fear of poverty, and promise wealth and riches if we just give enough money to God. I’m…
Excerpt from 14 Things I Learned from Danny and Diane McDaniel 2- See & Believe The Best In People Are you familiar with a concept called “The Crab Mentality”? Sometimes referred to as “crabs in the bucket”, it is a way of thinking best described by the phrase, “if I can’t have it, neither can you.” Imagine a bucket or barrel full of crabs. Individually, the crabs could easily escape up the walls, but instead…
Excerpt from Tell It Well Chances are, you’ve never heard of Dan Berlin. At one point, he was a normal guy from Fort Collins, Colorado. However, in his mid-30’s, a disease called one-rod retinal dystrophy slowly began to wreck havoc on his eyes. His vision began to slowly erode, eventually leaving him completely blind, out of shape, and depressed. This was a life-altering event, but Dan didn’t let it keep him down. On July 4,…
