For those of you who didn’t read the post, three weeks ago I asked my readers to pray for the State of Delaware. The reason is because Delaware is the only state where I haven’t been able to help a church start a men’s team ministry to their widowed and […]
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Recently, I’ve been noticing a term popping up in our culture that I had never heard before. It’s “impostor syndrome.” Impostor syndrome is “a psychological pattern in which one doubts one’s accomplishments and has a persistent internalized fear of being exposed as a ‘fraud.’” I’m afraid Christians can struggle with […]
I enjoy reading scientific articles and pretending that I understand them; like how gold is made from exploding supernovas and how quantum computers work. Recently, I read an article on the coagulation cascade in humans. The coagulation (or clotting) cascade is the process by which blood forms into a scab […]
What is it with Delaware, anyway? Over the past eighteen years, New Commandment Men’s Ministries has helped almost one thousand churches start men’s team ministries to their widowed and single parents. These churches range in size from very large to very small and represent dozens of denominations. They’re in mega […]
Okay, men. You know all about men’s team ministry to the widowed and single parents. You know your men’s ministry is on life support and needs a shot in the arm. You know your widows and single moms have ongoing, unmet needs. You know men’s team ministry works. And you […]
Men, if you’re like me, you’re so involved with work, family and church that you have little time to develop lasting male friendships. For example, last December I noticed that I had been ignoring my guy friendships. So I made a list of ten of my friends and resolved to […]
“An object in motion tends to stay in motion, and an object at rest tends to stay at rest.” Newton’s First Law of Motion Okay, so for years you’ve been reading my blog about the importance of meeting the pressing needs of their widowed and single parents in your church. […]
News that my friend, Jim Buckner, passed last week brought both sadness to my heart and also a flood of wonderful memories to my mind. Jim, for those of you who have never met him, was a member of my church in Quincy, Illinois. Because Jim was a single dad […]
I went to Jim ‘N Nick’s BBQ after church yesterday. It was a beautiful fall day in Denver. The temperature was in the upper 60’s, so I ate my usual Pig-in-a Garden pulled pork salad out on the covered porch that overlooks the Rockies…alone. It’s strange doing things you normally […]
Unless you’re one of the rare Christians who have grown up in their current church, we’ve all gone through the sometimes difficult process of searching for a new church. Checking off our list of requirements is a familiar drill: Is this church sound in doctrine? Do I like the pastor’s […]