Run in Such a Way…

If I’m not careful, I can take credit for a LOT of things. After all, I’m a reasonably smart, hard-working guy, right? I mean, I’ve worked hard for all that I have. Good job Tom! I think we all suffer from this attitude at one point or another, and it is no surprise to God. …

Here is a useful list from a recent email I received from Don Whitney: Many of us struggle to make conversation at Christmas gatherings, whether church events, work-related parties, neighborhood drop-ins, or annual family occasions. Sometimes our difficulty lies in having to chat with people we rarely see or have never met. At other times …

You don’t bring a slingshot to a gunfight.  I mean, you could…but you’d lose.  It isn’t the right weapon.  Thought it has the power to kill, it doesn’t match up to the power of an M-16.  You could use a slingshot to kill a rabbit or break a bottle, but it won’t do much against …

If you are like me, you often allow your first impressions of someone to affect your second and third impressions of them.  This video is a great reminder of the foolishness of that.  Thank you God that Your first impression of me didn’t prevent You from letting me join Your family! My brothers, as believers …

Some of you have asked why I have not posted anything on Run in Such a Way for a while.  Honestly, life is just too busy right now.  I’m hopeful that things will settle out in a little while and I can put my effort into it again. Meanwhile…keep running!

Like summer time, Thanksgiving and Christmas can be “continuity killers” for Life Groups.  Schedules are crazier than normal and there is a real desire by some to “take a break” until the new year.  This season can also be one of the richest times of celebration for a Group!  Instead of taking a break for a month …

Pastor Terry reminded us this past Sunday that we are living in the second act of a three-act play.  In the first act, God created a perfect world which we corrupted.  We are living now in the second act, where creation itself groans with the effects of that corruption.  For now, we must endure much …

Hello to those of you I’ve commissioned (for free!) to comment on the possibility of having a discipleship blog at Grace Point.  I was challenged at a recent Willow Creek small groups conference to make better use of technology.  My thought is that such a blog could several purposes: Share information on upcoming discipleship events …

Everyone wants to be remembered for something.  Bing Crosby is remembered for singing “White Christmas”.  Abraham Lincoln is remembered for ending slavery.  Martin Luther is remembered for reforming the Christian understanding of salvation.  David is remembered as being a man after God’s own heart.  Peter, one of Jesus’ original twelve, also wanted to be remembered …

My last post talked about living somewhere other than “in the moment”.  While it is important to stay focused on where we currently are, we sometimes get so preoccupied trying to keep up with our task list that we fail to do two important things.  One of those is to looking back.  The other is …