by Jason Newsome | Sep 21, 2018 | Inspiration
To Commit or Not to Commit How would you rate your commitment to your relationship with God? Let’s be honest, it usually isn’t steady. We have times of closeness with God and times of distance. Our commitment goes up and down. It can change with circumstances or even...
by Jason Newsome | Sep 19, 2018 | Inspiration, Life Problems, Overcoming Obstacles
Being Second We all strive to be significant to others. Even if it is a select few people, we all want to be important. Leonard Bernstein, the renowned composer and conductor of the New York Philharmonic, was asked a question. An interviewer asked him which instrument...
by dc-admin | Jan 5, 2017 | Evangelism, Inspiration
The Light of the Gospel Most Pastors want to start the new year and reaffirm and review the vision of the Church. They tend to focus on the mission for their own local Church rather than the mission for the whole Body of Christ. As the Pastor of our congregation I...
by dc-admin | Dec 26, 2016 | Inspiration, Life Problems, Overcoming Obstacles
The Past Can Be Painful I have never been in prison. I work with lots of folks who have, but I have never directly experienced it. I read a story of a man who was in prison, awaiting sentencing. He was either going to be imprisoned longer, sentenced to death, or set...
by dc-admin | Dec 26, 2016 | Inspiration, Monday Minutes
A little more than a year ago, I watched my son take a test for his second degree black belt in karate. He was 15 at the time. He worked reasonably hard all the time, but his effort the few months before the test was noticeably different. He met with his teachers as...