In his book, In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership, Henri Nouwen describes the three temptations of Christ in a way I have never seen before.
The temptation to be relevant.
As Christian leaders,
25 Scriptures for Intentional Living…
Last week I wrote a blog titled: Yesterday, today, and tomorrow…learning to create an intentional life. I promised you this week we would tackle the things that keep us from creating an intentional life.
Here are a few of the things I think we should talk about:
- Letting go of the past
- Forgiveness
- Identity- low self-concept (The ideas that I am not good enough)
- Busyness (The illusion that we are accomplishing something)
- Lack of goal setting &
Yesterday, today, and tomorrow…learning to create an intentional life (Part One)
Yesterday, today, and tomorrow…learning to create an intentional life.
I scribbled these words on the back of a church program I found in the bottom of my purse as I sat in the passenger seat next to my husband, Mark. We were driving to his father’s house for what could be our last hello and good-bye to Mark’s step-mom.
A kayak, a duck-taped paddle, and a wine cork…
It was a perfect sunny day on the beaches of Mazatlan. My oldest son wanted to go kayaking and my youngest wanted to play golf. Since I love to kayak and my husband loves to golf, the pair-up was obvious. After breakfast, Austin and I headed down the beach to find someone we could rent a kayak from.
What ground game are you playing?
This week I listened to Erwin McManus (Mosaic Church, Los Angeles) tell the world he had cancer in his podcast, Battle Ready. I have listen to Erwin weekly for almost 10 years. I can tell you this message was not about him.