Archive for November, 2008
Another Interesting Video
Posted in Just Life, tagged david crowder band, remedy, the shepherd's fellowship, video on November 27, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Interesting little video….
Posted in Too Emergent, tagged emergent, emerging, paggitt, tony jones on November 26, 2008| 2 Comments »
Victim Mentality
Posted in Just Life, tagged counseling, victim mentality on November 8, 2008| Leave a Comment »
I was doing some on-line surfing and started to look at articles concerning people with a “victim mentality”. I have come across several people in my life with this learned behavior and it never goes well. They usually have a small band of friends who will die for each other no matter what reality is and will never hold each other accountable. Everyone else in life can be a good friend for years but sooner or later, when something goes wrong, you are the scapegoat and things get ugly fast. So many people get hurt and relationships are never the same.
The good news is, as stated above, this is a learned behavior. It tends to be a defense mechanism and if you can identify that you have it, it is changeable. It could be a simple as making a choice to not to do it anymore but often it needs a little help from a counselor or a professional to work it through.
Either way, you don’t have to live with a “victim’s mentality” and the negative and painful effects it brings into your life.
Happy Birthday Rev. Graham
Posted in Just Life, tagged billy graham, franklin graham on November 7, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Today is Billy Graham’s 90th Birthday! He is America’s pastor and a man of great integrity.
I got to see him at a Crusade in Columbus, Ohio about 14 years ago. My girlfriend at the time and myself went to see him on what I believe was a Sunday evening. It was a real treat to me to see him preach and to top it off, Johnny and June Cash were the singers of the evening. Of course, the real treat was to see the lives changed as people accepted Jesus as Lord and Savior as a response to the gospel.
Lazy Church Staff?
Posted in Just Life, tagged church, lazy, pastors, staff, the shepherd's fellowship on November 4, 2008| Leave a Comment »
A church staff member from Nashville wrote a pretty interesting post today about how some people enter into the church ministry service because they think they can get away with less than normal work loads. The church I pastor now is the third church I have been a part of, each one of the smaller size, and I have already run across such an individual myself.
I think I’m going to write that book
Posted in Just Life, tagged book, the shepherd's fellowship on November 4, 2008| 1 Comment »
Like a billion other people I know, I have felt a desire to write a book for years (even if I suck at spelling). There have been topics that come and go in my mind and never felt right. Every once in a long while, I would get a topic on my heart that I would get excited about but would not work out do to time constraints. Then, with a little time passing, I would get to the point that I would get bored with or at least loss the zeal for it.
However, something feels a little different with what is happening at this point (now I just need to find the time to type).