Jeff's Musings

We are called to climb trees! Climbing trees is actually a biblical metaphor in Luke 19.We read stories like the one about Zacchaeus and don’t think much of it. But how many adults do you know that still climb trees? Not too many. I love the mental picture of this tax collector in a three-piece [&...

The OT uses words like sojourners or wanderers as precursors to the NT words like aliens, foreigners, strangers, or ambassadors. All these words describe that a Christian’s life is transitory. In other words, we are passing through this life with a sense of purpose, duty, passion, and responsibili...

Over the past several months I have had the opportunity to collaborate with John M. Bailey of NAMB on creating a church planting center (CPC) here in northeast Ohio.  What exactly is a CPC? Church Planting Centers are an environment where multiple diciples are intentionally selected, developed, and...

Today the Bridge Church leadership team  and I shared that I would be transitioning out of the role as Lead Pastor of Bridge Church in the coming weeks. This transition will take place as I follow and pursue an open door the Lord has put before me. In 1998 God began to move in my […]...

I was recently chided by a friend (Patrick) for not having any recent posts. Look for many coming up beginning Monday, June 28th....

My spouse is the former Julie Ann Smeenge and we were married on May 25, 1981. For those of you suffering from math deficiency, that is almost twenty-nine years. We were just kids when we said the two words that we really didn’t understand then and sometimes still can’t comprehend today. I was n...

Have you noticed that common sense is not so common. It is actually a challenge to find people who have good old common sense. A lot of smart people are not too wise. They may be educated but they don’t have wisdom. They may have all kinds of degrees but they’re a wash out with relationships...

I can’t say enough about this one. How many times have you done something really stupid and later you think, “I should have asked so and so their advice.” It happens time and time again all through our lives. When we are kids we think our Dad is the smartest man in the world, there […]...

If you are not dreaming, if you don’t have a goal for life and if you do not have a vision, you are dying. Because you’re either growing or you’re dying. We develop our dreams and then they develop us. Our dreams define us. I believe when an ordinary person is committed to a great dream, it ...

It is no secret that I am a Apple enthusiast. I thought about labeling myself as an Apple evangelist, but I don’t go out and preach Mac to the masses. Apple has always been a company that focuses on creativity, which is not one of my stronger points, although I do see myself as a […]...