Jeff's Musings

  Just Finished up the Sticks Conference at New Hope Community Church in Loudonville, OH. Without question, this is probably the best conference I have been to in years. This year I attended three conferences: the Exponential Conference in Orlando, the invitation only Conference at Saddleback C...

The 2008 Presidential election is over and Barak Obama has been elected as the next President of the United States.  I am forty seven years old and I wasn't sure if I would live to see a President who would be black. I feel it was time.  Even though I do not agree with Obama's [&...

My morning began at 4:45 as I got up to spend some time praying and then off to our Men's Fraternity Bible Study at 6:00 am.  After the Bible Study, Julie and I went to our polling location and stood in line about 30 minutes before we cast our votes. It was a good feeling, […]...

Yes, I am a pastor. If you read my blog with any regularity you probably know that. If you are a first time visitor, Welcome – I am a Pastor. This is my personal blog, not affiliated with the church I lead. You may know that as a pastor I cannot publicly endorse any candidate […]...

Everybody Needs A Coach Love them or hate them, coaches have a purpose and they will do whatever it takes to get the best out of their players. They work hard, stay up late and are always coming up with new strategies to put the check mark in the W column. One week the fans […]...

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, ...