Serving Bread

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!I’m putting together a teaching seminar for ministry leaders on Emotional Intelligence (or EQ). A few years back, I was sitting in one of my seminary classes when I was introduced to the works of Daniel Goleman on the [...]

From the extended syllabus of Systematic Theology 3:
10. A man’s place is in the army.
9. The pastoral duties of men who have children might distract them from the responsibility of being a parent.
8. The physique of men indicates that they are more suited to such tasks as chopping down trees and wrestling mountain lions. It [...]

The Democrats have some odd rules in trying to figure out who their candidate will be this fall. Everyone agrees (including the Clinton campaign) that Obama is ahead in the delegate count. But no one knows the exact number, but there are plenty of guesses (pre-Pennsylvania):
Politico: 1631 to to 1501
AP: 1648.5 to 1509.5
CNN: 1648 to [...]

An element of doing leadership in ministry is that we are often leading people who are volunteering. People are giving their time and energy beyond their other responsibilities. In my case, I am leading people and calling people into leadership who also have to contend with academics, family, and jobs.
Most of the resources and books [...]

Since mid-January, I have been actively trying to lose my weight and pay attention to what I’m eating. I have gained nearly 30 pounds since college, and every year, I find myself “upgrading” my shirts and pants, and yes, even my belt. So with the accountability of a few friends, I have been intentionally watching [...]

Honoring the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 — April 4, 1968).

His prophetically charged final sermon ends with,

Well, I don’t know what will happen now; we’ve got some difficult days ahead. But it really doesn’t matter with me now, because I’ve been to the mountaintop. And I don’t mind. Like anybody, I [...]

For the post today, I’d like to highlight some tools you can use to organize and keep tabs on your finances. I recommend using some sort of program to organize all of your finances. It can give you a good overview and details of where your money is going. The more you know about your [...]

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