Your Mother’s Story
Regrets are missed opportunities. One of my regrets is that I never sat down with pencil and paper and captured my mom’s story. I thought I knew it, but I didn’t. Sure, I knew the…
Generating Interest in Disciple-Making
Empty seats are a waste. Whenever I see a bunch of empty seats on a MARTA train, I think “billions of dollars invested to carry seven people!” I used to have the same thought when…
Leaders Go First
Drive through Texas, and you’ll see town after town like in the picture above. First, there was a store, then a cafe, then a bank, then a barber shop. Before you know it, there’s a…
Are You Becoming Hard-Hearted?
Are you becoming hard-hearted? Confession here – I am. I don’t like it. And I’m going to change it. Here’s what happened. As I was doing my exercise walk in the park the other day,…
Tax Freedom Day? Come On, Man!
I don’t write about politics here, and I’m not starting now. But I will talk about Jesus and freedom and selfishness from time to time. I’m told that Tuesday is Tax Freedom Day . ….
Stronger Closer Together
Attending a seeker church as I do, the constant question is “Don’t we need to go deeper?” “Are we ‘fast food church,’ looking to make following Jesus quick-serve . . . high calorie, low cost,…
A Faith of Your Own
I’ve had a burr in my saddle for a while. I feel it every time a church service ends with an altar call . . . when folks are asked to become Christians. The words…
The Death of Delayed Gratification
As a culture, we’re killing the idea of suffering now for the good stuff later. We want the new car and the newest, coolest stuff, but we don’t want to save for them. We want…
Who Should I Mentor?
When we read stories about mentoring, we usually visualize an older person meeting with a younger one. But how much older? For years, we’ve been saying the best spread between mentor and mentee is two…
P.S.D. Husbands
Brad Cooper is a pastor at NewSpring Church and a graduate of my most recent Radical Mentoring group. A couple of weeks ago, he delivered an awesome sermon on marriage, speaking specifically to husbands about…
