Happy Mother’s Day!

To say the least, mother’s are special people!  It doesn’t matter how young you are or how old you get, your mother is the #1 stabilizing factor in your life.  My mom and dad live in Mississippi, and this goes out to my mother, Ann Craven, who has been the...

Sweet Spot and Comfort Zone

Don’t confuse being in your sweet spot with being in your comfort zone.  Because when you’re in your sweet spot, there’s nothing comfortable about it!  I know this is a little confusing, and definitely counterintuitive.  When I’m in my sweet...

Clergification

Ed Stetzer dialogued this well.  You should read it here.   Sometimes comfortable circumstances play against us.  We can forget what it means to live by faith.  I think very few people get an opportunity or take the opportunity to do...

Hearing God

I was in Orlando recently and had an opportunity to meet John Eldredge.  He was introducing his new book, “Walking With God.”  He is a great guy!  All of his books have been great, but this one is special.  It’s so practical.  He says, that with...

There’s Nothing New

I think one of the things we leaders need to get used to is, Ecclesiastes 1:9………”there is nothing new under the sun.”  Everything we as planters and pastors do has been, is being, or will be done by someone else.  Everything I have ever...

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