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Ministry would be great if it wasn’t for the people. How often have I felt that after a Seminar when somebody has complained about what I have said. But I have often learnt best through complaints. This is not unusual. At the Red Sea the children of Israel complained to Moses. Moses was inviting the […]
In between seminars in Calgary a small party of us went for a walk at Fish Creek one of the largest provincial parks in North America stretching 19km. As we were walking we had mosquitoes for company. Next day I started to notice the bites! it can be a bit like that with my invitation seminars. Occasionally I […]
In trying to understand why church leader’s and congregational member’s don’t invite I came across the three judgements. We fear judgement from those whose approval we seek. We fear judgement from those whose money we seek in exchange for services rendered. This is particularly a powerful one for church leaders. We fear judgment from ourselves […]
The mis-match in expectation when a church leader is hired by a congregation eventually can cause severe problems. Without knowing it the people in the church transfer most of their hopes and dreams for spiritual and numerical growth onto the shoulders of the new leader. The church leader is delighted with the attention of the […]
Listening and doing is at the heart of a on-going conversation with God. God is active, personal, and—above all—present to us in our daily walk directing us, instructing us and loving us. The LORD would speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend. Moses would then carry out any instruction and then […]
A phrase often used in TV shows is “don’t try this at home”. The phrase is used when people in the TV shows do stupid, dangerous or crazy things and show them to millions of people and the programme makers don’t want to be responsible for injuries, deaths or any consequences that could happen to the audience. […]
We often today judge whether something is successful when we look at the amount of effort we put in, for the results that we get out. In the early days of Back to Church Sunday I used to ring church leaders to ask how things went? One memorable conversation went like this, “terrible”, I said” how do […]