FIREWORKS! Sometimes they’re beautiful, but when fireworks go off in your head or your heart, they can maim or kill relationships. This is the third post on the subject of drama on this blog. The first one can be found by clicking here. The second one can be found by clicking here. When a person’s life is full of drama–seeking … Read More
STRONGER–Series for November 2015
Whether you’re single, married, divorced or widowed, I promise this 4-week series will have something for you. Our relationships with each other are greatly challenged by our basic sinful human nature. In November, we’ll spend some time focused on biblical, practical messages about making our relationships stronger and overcoming some of the tendencies that are with us because we are … Read More
A.D.–Relational Risk
Why’s it so tough to take a risk on other people? How do you know whether or not to take a risk in relationship with someone who has let you down before? These and other questions were addressed in the message this past Sunday. Check the outline and the video below! ACTS 9:26-31“26 When he came to Jerusalem, he tried to join … Read More
Rising Above Family Drama at the Holidays
Almost no family resembles the ideal one seen in the painting to the left. Every family has some drama. You know, that colorful cousin who shows up with a different person every year at Thanksgiving. The uncle who swears the end of the world is coming on the sixth of June. The mother-in-law who tries to push her politics down … Read More
4 Steps to Dealing with Overpowering People
So, you’ve got that person in front of you again. The one you dread meeting at the office or at school or at church. You have to deal with this person. There’s really no clear way of getting around them or writing them off. Instead of just distancing yourself from strong-willed, strong personalities, it’s time to figure out how to … Read More
Visioneering, part 2
A couple weeks back I posted a blog called, “Visioneering“. It was one of the most well-read blogs I have written up to this point! I planned when I wrote it that I would visit the four components of the strategic plan we’ve written for First Assembly here. Next Sunday, April 3 at 6:30PM, we’ll be having the first of … Read More