One of the highlights of Catalyst for me last week was listening to Chuck Swindoll preach. I’ve listened to his sermons since I was in college.  He shared with us the leadership lessons he’s learned over the decades of his ministry. One of his points which really stuck out with me was his thoughts about [...]

So, yesterday I received one of those nasty (at least in my opinion) comments on the blog. Criticism is nothing new in my life. I’ve been in ministry since I was 18 years old and it’s kind of always been around.
Over the years people have publicly applauded how I’ve handled it, but to be honest [...]

I have been thinking about a post on the topic of criticizing one another and then I read THIS POST by Mark Batterson, pastor at National Community Church in D.C. that summed it up so well. My heart has been really heavy lately as I have watched Christians absolutely destroy one another. I just [...]

Monday mornings are always a scary time for me. I know I’m going to be sorting through tons of e-mails in regard to my weekend message. I enjoy getting the feedback and sometimes going deeper with the conversations, but as you might imagine, I receive my fair share of nasty e-mails. However, every once in [...]