Jeff's Musings

I want to start off by saying that I have been attending church nine months before I born, if you know what I mean. Personally I made the commitment to follow Jesus and be known as a Christian some forty-three years ago when I was a boy of nine. To be honest, I had no […]...

I have on several occassions made the comment that I believe that America is no longer a Christian nation. I based that comment and belief on the documented research of The Barna Group and The MIssional Research Center. Basically, we are a nation with a population of 300 million plus people and it i...

A friend wrote a post several months ago on his blog with a question he posed, “Who has influenced your life ?” So after some thinking and deliberating I can’t point to one specific person, but several people who had an influence on me. During my process of thinking through this,...

  I am a 50-something. Not sure that I like the tag “something” and not sure if the twenty year olds like it either. Anyway, sociologists have a way of labeling people with something that will stick with a group. Yeah, so I am fifty-two, headed to fifty-three this fall. While I have a w...

[callout]A key part of the coaching process is asking questions. Avoid “courtroom” questions that require only a “yes” or “no” answer. Instead, ask open-ended questions that lead to reflection and solutions. Proper questions can enhance relationships and add value to others, especially w...

Just last week preparing to teach church planters on the subject of prayer, I opened a journal I had used several years ago and out fell a ten dollar bill. I found money I didn’t know I had! Maybe you have had the same experience by finding money in a coat or a drawer. There […]...

Green Acres is the place to be, farm living is the life for me. Remember that jingle from the TV series Green Acres? No? Google it. If you do, then you know this was cheesy sitcom about a city slicker and his wife who gave up the city to live on a farm and the […]...

The greatest failures in life are often followed by the greatest successes. In 1972 there was the story of the plane that crashed in the Andes mountains. The people survived for two long months by becoming cannibals in order to stay alive, they began to eat each other as the people died in the plane...

I admit it, I am a Batman junkie. It all started when I was five or six years old and got a pedal driven Bat-mobile to pedal around the yard with. Of course I was hooked on watching Batman (aka Bruce Wayne) and the boy wonder, Robin (aka Dick Grayson) and all the crazy villains […]...

I will be launching my new ebook for FREE –  ”Your Blank Page: Crafting Your Personal Vision Statement” Midnight Tuesday May 2oth in EXCHANGE for YOUR honest REVIEWS. Heres the Amazon link – YOUR BLANK PAGE However, after that date, I will be only sending invites to subscribers of...