Jeff's Musings

Last month Julie and I took the opportunity to visit our close friends, Wally and Rhonda Kesling in their new home in Ocala, FL. We were looking forward to a few days of R&R laying by the pool and soaking up some rays. That was until Wally texted me to see if we would be […]...

Great things come from small beginnings when God is in them. But you’ve got to start with a dream. If you’re going to be involved in ministry, if you’re going to be a leader, you’ve got to be a dreamer. For many people, their only goal in life is just to make it through the […]...

Disasters have a way of clarifying values. They have a way of pointing out what matters and what really doesn’t matter. They define your values, notice this verse: “Jesus said…”For one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” Lk 12:15 (ESV) Don’t confuse wh...

If you want to know whether you’re a leader or not, simple — Look over your shoulder. Jesus said in John 10:27 “My sheep listen to my voice and I know them and they follow me.” I Cor. 11:1 Paul said, “Follow my example as I follow the example of Christ.” We all need human […]...

Imagination can get us to the finish line I see things… not necessarily as they are today, but as they can become. What we imagine, visualize, and see in our mind’s eye sooner or later can materialize. Once, I heard it put this way, “If you think you can, you will awaken within yourself the [&...

Recently I tweeted that I believe that everything in a church, ministry, business, NGO, or NPO in fact does hinge on leadership. With great leaders the organization will flourish and fulfill it’s mission, whether to develop unbelievers into fully committed followers of Christ or to grow a busi...

The Church can only become missional when it sends it’s people out to engage the world and must be modeled by those who lead it. Pastors, church planters, elders, board members, ministry directors who do not engage their culture should not be pastors, church planters, elders, board members, or...

When you have an honest to goodness call of God in your life, you can’t help but take action. His call compels you. His love and grace draw you. Our love for Him spurs us to action that sometimes is met with skepticism and negativity from others. Call is a question of “who” you are […]...

I am in the finishing process of writing a new book on vision that is a revision/rewrite of my previous book VisionalLife. This book will have many of the same principles but will focus on the spiritual clutter we might have in our life that prevent us from the living the vision God has for [&hellip...

I consider myself a people person. I just like to be around people and am able to relate to and interact with people. Growing up in a family with four brothers and four sisters probably equipped me for having an outgoing personality. There was never a dull moment in the Calloway household. We were b...