As a former sports reporter, I cannot help but still keep a watchful eye on the sport I enjoy so much. Every now and then, the chaos that is college football crosses from the football crazies like me to the talk of the nation.
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One of the unexpected blessings of being raised by a blue-collar father in rural Carroll County, Md., was the joy of being taught and not just told. My father never pointed to a task and asked for it to be accomplished. Instead, he always took the time to teach and train so I could be successful.
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While every pastor should want to finish their ministry where they are, Chuck Lawless says there are indicators that a pastor has stayed too long. Read this piece for his list.
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Typically the posts on this site are evergreen in nature and rarely reference current events. But after watching the unfolding saga of Lane Kiffin moving to LSU this past weekend, I read a post that addressed a lot of the generic motivations and ideas around coaches taking new jobs midseason and knew there was a parallel to the Church and pastors moving from church to church.
Last month, my church hosted an event called “Together for the Nations” put on by the International Mission Board (IMB). The purpose of this event was to introduce churches to the work of the IMB and encourage them to consider ways to join these mission efforts around the world. Several topics were addressed at this event, but the one from which I gleaned the most was about mobilizing God’s people for mission work.
In going house to house and knocking on doors to share the Gospel, Brandon Kiesling acknowledges "I get turned away more than I get the opportunity to lead people to faith in Jesus Christ. However, I have also seen a number of people turn to Jesus and get folded into a local church."
