Why Rest (Part I) Why Rest (Part I)
Rest

Why Rest (Part I)

Our friend Larry Green kicks off Souly Business retreats with a story about American missionaries working in Africa. The missionaries and a group of Africans are carrying building materials inland to their community. After they…

How Mentoring Increases Giving in Your Church How Mentoring Increases Giving in Your Church
Mentoring

How Mentoring Increases Giving in Your Church

Years ago, I served on the long-range planning team at our church. We wanted to compare our current level of giving to the congregation’s capacity to give. We studied the demographics of the surrounding community…

It Ain’t Over . . . It Ain’t Over . . .
Influence In The World

It Ain’t Over . . .

Growing up Baptist, I heard a lot of “Just As I Am” sung at the end of church services. The preacher wanted people to walk down the aisle and accept Jesus, a noble goal for…

It’s All About Steps! It’s All About Steps!
Influence In The World

It’s All About Steps!

If our motive is to help everyone we know move one step closer to Christ, then everything we do in relationship with another person is evangelism. That’s right! When we invite people to go to…

Be Happy! Be Happy!
Walking the Talk

Be Happy!

Everybody wants to be happy. Before some self-righteous ascetic tries to make you feel guilty for being happy, remember Scripture talks a lot about it . . . Genesis 30:13 – Leah was happy at…

A Rebel for Jesus A Rebel for Jesus
Walking the Talk

A Rebel for Jesus

A few years ago, there was a lot of talk about ‘marketplace ministry’ . . . taking God to the workplace. I was all over it. I’d already written a book on the topic, called…

A Biblical Worldview? A Biblical Worldview?
Theology

A Biblical Worldview?

So if we’re to ‘interpret’ situations for our kids and our mentees through a Biblical worldview, we need to know what that means. That phrase gets kicked around all the time but how serious is…

Cornerstone Cornerstone
Identity

Cornerstone

“The cornerstone (or foundation stone) concept is derived from the first stone set in the construction of a masonry foundation, important since all other stones will be set in reference to this stone, thus determining the position of the…