A book I read is changing my life. It is titled a Framework For Poverty. Just so everyone knows I work in a school that is engulfed in poverty. We have some of the lowest scores in the district. A third of the school is homeless. It is located in a dangerous neighborhood. We have [...]
How Your Story Grows Your Ministry
Posted on May 18, 2013 // Leave a Comment
In a world of mega churches and superstar pastors, the most powerful growth mechanism of any ministry lies within your story. Not the story that you create, but the story God worked within you. Our ability to reach those on the fringe or not even sitting in a pew, comes from our God story, the story of [...]
The Method In Which We Disciple
Posted on May 17, 2013 // Leave a Comment
Recently we were put in charge of teaching over 60 kids. We had many discussions on how we should teach. Not so much the content, but the method we would use. We started with the idea of placing all sixty kids in a single room. But after being challenged with the decision of placing them [...]
What Brings People To A Place Of Change
Posted on May 13, 2013 // Leave a Comment
I have been immersed in a situation of poverty lately. Working with kids in the third ward downtown Houston. What I thought I knew about poverty, homeless, and intercity kids was almost all wrong. I will be blogging over the next couple of weeks talking about what i learned and how we can make a difference in the lives of [...]
A life Of Discipleship
Posted on January 21, 2013 // Leave a Comment
This will be short. There are moments in life when things change in our lives. The circumstances may be different, but the calling is the same
The Perfect Discipleship Class
Posted on December 21, 2012 // 1 Comment
Have you ever wondered what would be the perfect discipleship class? I know I have! I had a discipleship class that lasted a year and now one that lasts six weeks. So it runs the gamut. But I wanted to share with you the perfect discipleship class. it might very well be the best one yet. [...]
We Don’t Need A Reformation Of Theology But One Of experience
Posted on December 20, 2012 // 1 Comment
We Don’t Need A Reformation Of Theology But One Of experience The reason the local church is losing so much ground isn’t because our theology is bad, or that we have nothing to offer the next generation. But because our experience with faith does not match our theology of God and the Church. This is [...]
A Warning To The Local Church From 1 Samuel 8
Posted on December 19, 2012 // Leave a Comment
There is a lesson for the local church found in 1 Samuel 8. 1st Samuel 8 deals with the moment Israel demanded to be ruled by a king. Up until this point they had been led by God and judges. But they felt it was their time to have a king. It should be pointed [...]
What Does Your Church Produce
Posted on December 18, 2012 // Leave a Comment
Recently I did a post titled “New Measurement For Growth”. In that post I suggested you look at the following factors to determine the success of your systems within your church. Does your system produce relationships or structures? Does it produce transformation or transactions? Does it reflect transcendence (does it take people beyond where they are) [...]
1 Corinthians 2: How Paul Approached Discipleship
Posted on December 17, 2012 // 2 Comments
1 Corinthians 2: How Paul Approached Discipleship Paul’s discipleship model was no doubt fueled through the power of the Spirit. But something else we see with Paul was that he came to people with no pre-determined assumptions. He also came with a single message. Paul Came void of Wisdom and Speech: (1 Corinthians 2:1) One of the [...]
