Discipleship Musings of a Meteorologist
Several years ago an acquaintance I had gotten to know through a series of conferences sent an email asking if I would take part in a mobile reading venture with my blackberry. Being a experimental kind of guy, I jumped at the opportunity. That was my first exposure to what is now the most popular [...]
The term accountability partner has been around for a long time and it is used and misused in many ways. To the point that it is feared by many. The traditional idea has been that we have a person who will “speak truth” to us in every area of our lives. It’s finding the right [...]
While there may be some disciplines that are debatable as foundational and universal, bible reading is not an option. Consistent bible reading should not be an option in our life, regretfully it has been inconsistent to non-existent in mine at times. All sorts of excuses bubble up, no time, just reading is not enough, I [...]
A part of my discipleship story is that I have been involved in numerous churches during my adult life. I have simply moved around the country a good bit and that has allowed me to connect with a much larger portion of God’s church body. Only when leaving church staff has the move been uncomfortable [...]
Corporate prayers are flowing in churches, small groups, sunday schools and dinner tables everywhere. There is often an art to an inspirational public prayer, especially those that pray in king james version prayers. It’s all about the delivery and the ability to wax on eloquently. Those that can, do it frequently and those that feel [...]
Thanksgiving is upon us and we often reflect on how we have been blessed throughout the past year. Prayers seem to be mentioned more during this time of year also. Although is seems odd, prayer is an often overlooked discipline in a Christian’s life. At times my prayer life has been slow to non existent. [...]
Big time sporting events are very exciting in many ways and recently my son and I had the rare for us opportunity to attend an SEC football game at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, TN. The stage doesn’t get much bigger for fans, players or coaches than a game in from of 100,000+ people. Many interesting [...]
As I look back on the lessons learned from the stormy night experience in the previous post, role playing was key. What would have happened if I had taken control of the people and forced them to do things they were not comfortable with? Or worse yet, tried to do everything myself? After all I [...]
One of the most important leadership lessons I have ever been taught happened on a stormy night when the commander called a meeting together and informed everyone that a young, relatively inexperienced forecaster was in charge of the shift. That person happened to be me and I did not want the responsibility that came with [...]
As a Christian leader I find it easy to focus on what I think others want, as a disciple of Christ I need to focus on what He wants me to do. Confusion reigns as I wrestle with trying to please people and follow God. The problems occur when I lose sight of the fact [...]
