Jeff's Musings

Hello Everyone! I wanted to let you know that my book VisionalLife has been released for purchase. It won’t show up at bookstores, Amazon.com or barnesandnoble.com for another week or two, but you can get it directly from my publisher Cold Tree Press. Click here to buy the book today – h...

As we begin 2008 many of us will make New Year’s resolutions. Instead of resolutions, I challenge you to make New Year’s Revolutions. A revolution is something that not only changes you, but changes everyone you come in contact with – sort of a ripple effect. I am working on coming...

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 peopl...

Hopefully you have some very good friends that you share life together with. There are those who are special friends in your life and your existence would not be as rich if those people were not part of your journey. Being a pastor for the past fifteen plus years, I have had oodles of opportunities ...

We live in a world where everyone wants to be safe. Nothing wrong with that, it sure seems logical to me. The biggest danger we have, is encountering God. Too often, Christians merely have a “friendly relationship” with God (which is fine – we are called friends of God), but we also need a...

Yesterday I was interviewed by Mark Kelly. Mark is writing an article for OnMission magazine about churches planting churches and was given my name by Randy Chestnut, Executive Director of Cleveland Hope. As I was sharing with Mark, I made a couple of comments that I have had time to think about and...

As I type, a team from Thompson Baptist Church in Thompson, Mississippi are making their way up to NE Ohio to help Bridge Church at Perry carry out it’s mission to encounter, engage, and encourage people to experience Jesus. This team will be holding Day Camps in a park and in a church members...

Look at the date of this post: Friday July 20th at 9:00 am EST. Why? The Book is not out until midnight tonight so, I will make some predicitons for what it’s worth. Harry will die, but will be brought back to life ie… Bobby Ewing on Dallas. Ron, Hermoine, and Neville all live. Snape [&h...

Ed Stetzer until recently, served as the Director of Research and Missiology for the North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. David Putnam is one of the pastors at Mountain Lake Church in Cumming, Georgia. Both of these men through God’s providence have been able to break t...

Baptisms are an awesome moment for all involved. As a pastor getting the opportunity to baptize a new believer is quite incredible. For the person being baptized it is a moment of courage, excitement, and if the water is cold – refreshing! This past Sunday Bridge Church had it’s second b...