8 Truths About Great Leaders


With Father’s Day coming up this weekend, I’ve been thinking a lot about what it means to be a good leader, both in my family and as a pastor…I want to be the kind of dad, husband and pastor who always puts the needs of others first, and who helps others see more of who […]

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5 Keys to Dealing with Discouragement


Before I became a pastor, I was a professional bass player. (I play both electric and upright). And when I was still learning to play my upright bass my fingers would crack and bleed to the point that my instructor wanted me to take a break from playing…Well, obviously that wasn’t an option (because I’m […]

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Writing a New Story


“The ending of my story isn’t wonderful so far… But it’s getting there.” We met Keith when he called in recently to our Jesus is Real radio show. “It’s gotten me through a lot,” he said. Abused as a child, Keith turned to alcohol and marijuana to cope at age 14. At that pivotal time […]

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1 Reason to Never Quit


I want to be honest with you guys: there are days I want to give up…For example, I love being a pastor, but ministry is tough! And some days, I have the fleeting thought, “Something else would be so much easier.” But that’s not really true, is it? For all of us – no matter […]

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3 Steps To Getting Your Groove Back


For all of us, there’s an inevitable side benefit to being human, and it’s this: if life is a journey, sooner or later we all lose our way. Every journey begins with a single step in the right direction, but as life goes on, when we don’t have our eyes fixed on the outcome, it’s […]

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