Jesus used the mustard seed as a symbol of something tiny. Did you know that the mustard seed is so small that it takes around 500 of them to make a single gram?! (In western terms, 18,000 in an ounce.) It’s a very small [...]
“Peace in the storm” is the name of the painting. The story goes like this: There was a king who commissioned artists to paint a portrait of peace. His goal was to understand exactly what peace looked like. There were many different works of [...]
Every spring farmers in my area wage a war against rocks. They walk their fields collecting the stones that have risen to the surface during the winter. Pebbles, stones, and rocks—some larger than your head—magically appear year after year. The surprising thing is that [...]
This is the final installment of our four-part series on the idea that teamwork is like a good recipe in the kitchen—with the right mix of ingredients, combined properly, the results can be delightful! Whether you find yourself a part of an elder board, ministry [...]
In this four part series, we’re comparing teamwork to a good recipe—individual ingredients may be bland or bitter, but combined in the right way the result is mouthwatering! The teams we are a part of can be found in many areas of our lives. We [...]
Teamwork is like a good recipe in the kitchen. Combine the right amount of flour, cinnamon, eggs, sugar, bananas, and a bit of pudding, and you have for yourself a marvelous banana bread. By themselves the ingredients are rather boring, but when combined properly the [...]
My wife’s banana bread is one of my absolute favorites. While it is only a few simple ingredients, mixed together and cooked properly this recipe delivers a mouthwatering loaf of delicious and unforgettable banana bread. Teams and teamwork remind me of baking. By itself a [...]
Have you ever had a season of disappointment, unmet expectations, or weary drought? Perhaps you’ve toiled hard on a project but things haven’t gone your way? I’m sure Peter and the other disciples felt like that in John 21. The scene was the sea [...]
2.5 million complaining people for 40 years in a scorching hot desert. Few leaders would measure up to that task, but Moses did. As God buried Moses in the final chapters of Deuteronomy 34, there’s a great statement that sums up Moses’ life: “Since [...]
As humans we make hundreds of decisions every day. What to eat, what to wear, walk or ride, talk or listen… decisions, decisions, decisions! Over time those decisions can wear us down, sometimes resulting in decision paralysis—otherwise called decision fatigue. Decision fatigue is simply [...]
