Archive for 'spiritual growth'
Christianity – by an Atheist
Posted on 07. Oct, 2008 by frank.
I recently ran across the video below and found this Atheist’s explanation of Christianity quite interesting. After watching it, what are your thoughts?
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Cancer and Faith
Posted on 03. Oct, 2008 by frank.
October is breast cancer awareness month and I am sure I will be seeing a ton of pink over the next few weeks. I know what it is like to be under emotional stress as a parent, especially when you know your kid is suffering. However, I don’t know what it is like to be [...]
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Do You Love Your Work?
Posted on 29. Aug, 2008 by frank.
Part of maintaining long term employment is loving what you do. In ministry it can be challenging. The average pastor remains at a given church between 3-5 years and while I was doing a Small Group Workshop in New Jersey last week I heard that the average Youth Pastor only sticks around for 19 months! [...]
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Friendships, Future Ministry, and God’s Plan
Posted on 26. Aug, 2008 by frank.
I got to catch up with some old friends this past Sunday. Harry and Dee Riggs came to visit CCV after dropping their daughter off to college this weekend. It was great to see them again and I took the time as an opportunity to catch up. I thoroughly enjoyed having their family attend our [...]
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Healthy Awareness
Posted on 16. Aug, 2008 by frank.
My friend Andy is a missionary in Muldova and recently wrote a post that made me think about living with a greater sense of awareness. I need to be more aware of my family, my coworkers, our volunteers, and people in our community that we are called to serve. Here is what Andy recently wrote: [...]
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The Four Critical Parts To Any Plan
Posted on 09. Aug, 2008 by frank.
I am sitting out on my Mother-in-law’s deck in Montana reflecting and resting after our very intense summer at CCV. Before coming up here to visit Shelli’s family my parents came for a visit the weekend before and my Dad took me out for breakfast. I don’t know if my Dad knows how much those [...]
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Ten Life Lessons
Posted on 05. Aug, 2008 by frank.
I landed on a blog post that I thought was great the other day. I love finding great stuff like this as I browse the web. The post is by Steve Roesler and his blog is called All Things Workplace and the post is 10 things he has learned from business and consulting. 1. You [...]
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Billy Graham on Evil, Poverty, and Death
Posted on 01. Aug, 2008 by frank.
Billy Graham spoke at the TED conference in 1998. The speech below is based upon three issues David wrote about in the Psalms. Graham challenged those that attended to spend more time examining themselves and exploring these issues.
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Denzel Washington on Faith and Spirituality
Posted on 31. Jul, 2008 by frank.
At the end of last year Denzel Washington was interviewed by Michael Kress about his faith and how it played a big role in his recent film The Great Debaters. Shelli has always enjoyed his work and I regularly make a point of seeing everything he is in when it makes it to DVD since [...]
