In June we received nominations for a couple whose story is that of strength. They are the backbone of a church and are greatly involved in almost every aspect of its ministries. As usual, we try to tailor the retreat to the couple, and sent a pre-retreat questionnaire, which asked for a location of piney … [Read more…]
Many of us in America have a mentality to manage the effect of a problem, rather than the cause of the problem. For example, how many of us take a blood pressure pill, rather than changing our diet and exercise habits? How many of us wear glasses, rather than have corrective laser surgery? I’m guilty. … [Read more…]
There is an abundance of wisdom in a tiny book called “The Practice of the Presence of God” by Brother Lawrence. Following is an insert from this book. “I honestly cannot understand how people who claim to love the Lord can be content without practicing His presence. My preference is to retire with Him … [Read more…]
I hope you have enjoyed the first two installments of this interview. Today I will finish sharing the interview with you. In this last section, Pastor Kelli expands on the need and importance for community in our lives. I hope you all enjoy this continued and final portion! When I asked how important is it … [Read more…]
I greatly appreciate Pastor Kelli sitting down with me and wanted to make sure her time was well spent. To honor that, I decided to split her interview into three posts, this being the second. I hope everyone enjoyed the first half last week, and is looking forward to this week’s. Thanks again to Pastor … [Read more…]
Pastor Kelli is the head pastor of First United Methodist Church in Port Lavaca. She is in her tenth year of ministry. I was blessed to sit down with her the other day and discuss the topic of burnout, and her experience with it. She gave us lots of golden information in the interview, … [Read more…]
As I blogged about a few weeks ago, Jesus made it a point to retreat often. Luke 22 showed us the benefit of this, and how Jesus was strengthened as He was praying. Luke 21 tells us that He retreated every night. Other people who I try to take examples from are the psalmists. I … [Read more…]
Normally I save testimonials for the last week of the month. However, I was blessed with an Elijah’s Tree experience earlier this month, and I wanted to share. When we left our home, our job, and all our securities last October, I assumed as soon as we got Elijah’s Tree up and running God would … [Read more…]
Many times in life a husband doesn’t get to show others how amazing his wife is. This last Thursday of July, I have the fortune of doing just that. Like me and many others, Kelly has experienced and fought through her fair share of burnout. I invite you now to read Kelly’s brief story, and … [Read more…]
Many times when discussing how to alleviate stress, the topic of family time and family play time has come up. The middle of the summer seems to have the most opportunity for that; the week of July 4th particularly. In this week’s post I would like to take a break from the regular and share … [Read more…]