A friend of mine shares my struggle with perfectionism. Recently she received a helpful note from her sister. On the front-side of the paper were the words, “Try…Fail, Try…Fail, Try…Fail over and over, all the way down the page until the very last line that read, “Try…Die.” When she tu[...]
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April 22nd, 2011 - 4:37 pm § in Church Planters Personal Life, Steve's Posts
John Newton Quote
“I am not what I ought to be, I am not what I want to be, I am not what I hope to be in another world; but still, I am not what I once used to be, and by the grace of God I am what I am.” John Newton (author of Amazing [...][...]
April 21st, 2011 - 9:11 pm § in Church Planters Personal Life, Steve's Posts
A Quote on the Wall of a Dutch Friend
De mens lijdt dikwijls het meest, Door het lijden dat hij vreest, Doch dat nooit op komt dagen. Zo heeft hij meer te dragen Dan God te dragen geeft. (Dutch) Translation: Man suffers often most, Because of the suffering he fears, But will never come about. Thus he i[...]
January 29th, 2011 - 5:15 pm § in Church Planters Personal Life, Church Planting, Practice, Steve's Posts, Writing
Should You Write? Excerpts From “Letters to a Young Poet”
Letters To A Young Poet: Letter One by Rainer Maria Rilke Dear Sir, . . . You ask whether your verses are any good. You ask me. You have asked others before this. You send them to magazines. You compare them with other poems, and you are upset when certain editors reject your work. Now [...][...]
September 19th, 2010 - 6:52 pm § in Church Planter Spouse, Church Planters Personal Life, Church Planting, Greatest Mistakes, Practice, Steve's Posts, Uncategorized
Mistake #7: Not Understanding Product Living VS Process Living
“If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.” 2 Corinthians 11:30 (ESV) This is the seventh in a series of blog posts called, “My Top Ten Mistakes in Ministry (That I Can Share Publicly.)” After many years of ministry experience as a church planter, pastor and seminary[...]
July 18th, 2010 - 10:19 am § in Church Planter Spouse, Church Planters Personal Life, Church Planting, Greatest Mistakes, Networks, Practice, Theology
Calvin Rejects Privatized Faith and Promotes Vulnerability in Church Planting Networks :)
“In the church, as Calvin conceived it, every man helped every other man. If in Christ Jesus all believers are united, then a private believer is a contradiction in terms. Not only are the blessings and the virtues given for the common good, but the faults and the weaknesses concern the other memb[...]
April 16th, 2010 - 3:42 pm § in Church Planters Personal Life, Church Planting, Greatest Mistakes, Steve's Posts
Mistake #5: Not Understanding that the Way Up is the Way Down
“If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.” 2 Corinthians 11:30 (ESV) This is the fifth in a series of blog posts called, “My Top Ten Mistakes in Ministry (That I Can Share Publicly.)” After many years of ministry experience as a church planter, pastor and seminary p[...]
February 4th, 2010 - 5:19 pm § in Church Planters Personal Life, Greatest Mistakes
Mistake #4: Not Understanding the Difference Between Pursuing the Grace of God or the God of Grace
“If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.” 2 Corinthians 11:30 (ESV) This is the fifth in a series of blog posts called, “My Top Ten Mistakes in Ministry (That I Can Share Publicly.)” After many years of ministry experience as a church planter, pastor and seminary p[...]