“My last resistance to the idea of God’s wrath was a casualty of the war in the former Yugoslavia, the region from which I come. According to some estimates, 200,000 people were killed and over 3,000,000 were displaced. My villages and cities were destroyed, my people shelled day in and day out,[...]
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Success as a Glorious Imperfection
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[...]
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[...]
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[...]
January 20th, 2010 - 8:10 am § in Church Planting, Steve's Posts
My Top Ten Mistakes In Ministry–That I Can Share Publicly: Mistake # 3
“If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.” 2 Corinthians 11:30 (ESV) This is the fourth 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[...]
November 15th, 2009 - 1:32 am § in Church Planting, Greatest Mistakes, Networks, Practice, Steve's Posts
My Top Ten Mistakes In Ministry–That I Can Share Publicly: Mistake # 2
“If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.” 2 Corinthians 11:30 (ESV) This is the third 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[...]
April 20th, 2009 - 12:52 pm § in Steve's Posts, Uncategorized
When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty without Hurting the Poor…and Yourself
“Finally a book that addresses one of the most critical needs in the world today—the alleviation of poverty—drawing from not only a rock-solid biblical and theological framework but also from sound holistic principles that have been proven “on the field” to be truly effective in serving [...]