Jeff's Musings

In his book, Never Eat Alone, Keith Ferrazzi focuses on using every opportunity to network and build relationships with people, thus the title. By the way, I highly recommend this book. Ferrazzi’s premise is that when we meet people, we are literally tapping into a new network of people that we we...

God purposefully designed us to pursue happiness.Does seeking your own happiness sound self-centered? Aren't Christians supposed to seek God, not their own pleasure? To answer this question we need to understand a crucial truth about pleasure-seeking (hedonism): we value most what we delight in ...

I have been requested by John Bailey at the North American Mission Board to write a chapter for a new book that NAMB is doing on the health of new church plants. I am looking forward to writing the chapter titled, "Don't Journey Alone… The Importance if Relationships." Also, I am...

Here is a great blog entry from my friend Tim Stevens over at Granger Community Church about how much the candidates give to charitable causes. Need to pass this one on. http://www.leadingsmart.com/leadingsmart/2008/09/joe-biden-ticks.html...

    Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the     LORD God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God really say,    'You must not eat from any tree in the garden'?" The woman said to     the serpent, ...

Are you A Crazy One? I hope I am!  ...

I have to give credit for this thought to my good friend Steve Sjogren. Through several conversations with Steve, we both agree that many Christians, leaders or not, suffer from Toxic-Callogy. Weird label I know, but what is really weird is that spell check doesn't kick it out. There are people ...

The basic concept of a trust places a separate legal entity in control of financial assets (property, savings, etc.) for the benefit of the beneficiary of the trust. The individual who establishes the trust is referred to as the donor or grantor and the group or entity responsible for managing and e...

Hebrews 12:3-11 Discipline is a misunderstood concept. The words disciple and discipline come from the same word that means Learner. If a child can’t learn to obey a parent who is visible, he or she will never learn to obey a God who isn’t. God’s dream for your child isn’t to make them happy...

I lost track of time this summer!  Last night was the first Friday night of high school football. We have do not have sons, but both of our dauthers have been the Drum Major for their high school marching bands. This is Em's second year as Drum Major and she did a great job last […]...