Jeff's Musings

In America, we are passionate about sports. We are passionate about movies we watch. We are passionate about fashion, the clothes we wear. We are passionate about certain kinds of cars. We are passionate about restaurants—some of us more than others. The amazing thing in our culture is it’s ok, ...

  When you start talking about vision statements, the majority of people tend to think that those are for businesses, churches or other organizations. The question of why does a person need to have a vision statement seems to creep into the conversation. I want to spend very brief book real est...

An audience and an army are two very different groups of people. It is pretty obvious that an audience sits, listens, and doesn’t engage. It’s not their responsibility or better yet, it’s not their duty. An army on the other hand is 180 degrees different than an audience. The diffe...

You can’t hope for space in your schedule or pray for space in your schedule or expect somebody else to provide space in your schedule. You’re going to have to decide. Put some space in your schedule. You’re going to have to decide to build some buffer zones into your life, some downtime. That...

It looks like Spring is finally winning the war over Winter here in NE Ohio. With spring comes new life and wonderful happenings like the blooming of flower and trees. Each spring we especially wait on a few things to happen and one of the is the sighting of the Golden Eagles that hang out […...

It always scares me when I hear someone say, “What Jesus meant was… or What Jesus was really saying was…” I understand very well first hand how this can be played out having served as a pastor, church planter and missionary. While well meaning in trying to help people underst...

Social media is full of white noise of people promoting themselves. Writers promoting books, ministry leaders promoting tools for church growth, singers promoting new releases, churches promoting their church and on and on it goes. Tweets for how to lead your church, how to get more followers, how t...

It is absolutely amazing how many wrong ideas there are concerning what it means to be a Christian. It would absolutely astound you, I hope, to hear what many people think makes them a Christian. In my country of the United States which is filled with political correctness, the high majority of peop...

If you are unfamiliar with the Disney animated series Phineas and Ferb, you are missing some great leadership material to use in your organization. The storyline of the show is that Phineas and Ferb are two brothers who are on a seemingly continuous summer vacation and each day brings a new opportun...

Writing is one of those professions or hobbies that most people believe they can do and be good at. Most adults in America believe they have a book within them that needs to be written, but they just never have the time or inclination to do so. You know what? They are probably correct in […]...