Chief Shepherd

Some people have lucky charms or lucky numbers that they play in the lottery. Others feel “lucky” so they head off to the casino or other “game.” Seth Godin has written an article called “The Difficult Choice” considering the relative potential of luck and intentional actions. Godin was responding to a very negative comment to his [...]

This is the second article on “playing dirty.” The first was “The devil plays dirty.” In that article, I introduced the subject and asked for your input about what was really going on when practically all of Job’s servants were killed. (This is the man from the book of Job in the Bible.) I [...]

Angie Ward reviewed (in Leadership Journal’s Spring 2008 issue) two books which recommend completely different leadership styles. She says Andy Stanley’s book “Making Vision Stick, communicates the pragmatic, how-to nature” that he leads from. But she says Tim Keel’s book, “Intuitive Leadership is all about story. Keel shares large portions of his own story, moving [...]

Today, someone pointed out a story from Ghana that is troubling to me. I wonder if something similar could happen in America? The pastor of the “Vision Charismatic Chapel” at Kato was just closing his Sunday morning sermon when a fetish priest, accompanied by a group of “his guys” and members of the local police, entered [...]

On Sunday (Feb 17, 08) we celebrated the 8 year anniversary of the Agape’ Fellowship Church. We styled the celebration in line with our primary mission & 2008 goal: To demonstrate Agape’ love both in the local FAMILY & also in the area of evangelism. So, in keeping with the “Home-coming” and “family” atmosphere, I preached [...]

One of the most demanding jobs of the pastor is to visit members & friends – especially when they are in the hospital or sick. And if we fail, our ministries suffer. A great ministry journal, Leadership Journal, has recently published a couple articles on the value of visitation. Click on the following links to read [...]

There are many things in the Bible that I do not understand. One of those is the story in Matthew 11:2,3 about John the Baptist. John was in jail and evidently was getting discouraged. He even questioned whether Jesus was the true Messiah One would suppose that, given such a circumstance, Jesus would rush to his [...]

Update 08/31/09: See a related article here. I hear a lot of people speak about things that happen “by coincidence.” Personally, I do not accept anything as being coincidental. Instead, I believe that it is God’s providence that brings unrelated events into our experience. Inherent in my understanding of God is that He has a plan. [...]