Top 10 places to find your ministry

You don’t want to hear this. You want an answer – you want to find your ministry – but you don’t want to hear this answer.
Many Christians try to feel contented in the subtle serving they do. They dust or sweep or something. But in their gut, they want more. They want to find their [...]

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Renee Johnson interview and blog tour

Renee Johnson (a.k.a. Devotional Diva) asked me to participate in her book, blog tour. I don’t even know what that means. I’ve never participated in one before. So of course, my hand shot up (then I had to tweet back because she couldn’t see my hand).
Renee Johnson has been writing devotions for young adults for [...]

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The art of serving others

Serving others, once you reach a certain level, has no step-by-step plan, no methods, barely a guide. It doesn’t work that way with art.
When I was about 10 years old, I became fascinated with drawing. I thought drawing on a 2-D surface and making pictures that looked 3-D was incredible. Eventually, my 3-D art went [...]

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How to appreciate someone’s faithfulness

This is the eighth post in the Others-oriented fruit of the Spirit series. The topic is faithfulness. Get future posts delivered to you for free by grabbing the RSS feed or email updates.
“Most men will proclaim each his own goodness, but who can find a faithful man?” -Proverbs 20:6
Leaders everywhere want faithfulness. I [...]

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What’s the point in low-level, practical advice?

I get this question a lot. The question is, why bother learning to write Thank You notes? Why bother learning to make friends laugh? Why bother learning to play card games?
This is all low-level advice. After all, this advice isn’t in the Bible. It’s not directly spiritual. It’s not even always the best way to [...]

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