Are You In Hell? I’ve Been There, Too. (Thoughts On Suffering)

In 1793 Andrew Fuller, Secretary of the first Baptist Missionary Society of England, commenting on the need for missions efforts in India said, “… it seems almost as deep as the center of the earth. Who will venture to explore it?”

To which William Carey replied, “I will go down, but you must hold the rope.”

I love that.

I love the idea of standing up and volunteering to go bring the Gospel to people who are suffering. The imagery of Isaiah 6, where Isaiah steps forth and courageously responds to to God’s call, “Here I am! Send me!” sets my heart on fire every time I read it. Oh that I were that...

Ministry Opportunities For 59 Year Olds

What a great way to start this day…

*Well, it’s not really the “start” of my day. The start of my day was (per usual) wrangling two small children, bundling them in layers and layers of winter clothes, and driving them up to daycare (while singing our ABC’s at the top of our voices).

But once that was all sorted, I settled in in front of my laptop, opened my web stats site (I use GetClicky.com because it shows real time stats) and saw that I someone found Kingdom Strategist by searching Google for:

“ministry opportunities for 59 year olds”

Let it sink in for a...

Kingdom Excellence Is The Power Of Always Trying Again

As I learn more and more about excellence through my church research and ministry research, one question that keeps coming up is “What is the relationship between excellence and perfection?”

I believe that  kingdom excellence is not contingent on achieving perfection; however, perfection does play a significant role in excellence. You can be excellence without being perfect.

What I’ve come to realize is that the kingdom perspective of perfection is that although perfection can never be attained by our human...

If You Ever Want To Know Which Vanities, Fears, or Insecurities Plague Us…

… check your spam folder.

{I have the vague feeling that I’m reiterating something someone else said recently so I don’t claim this as an original thought…}

I was reminded just now by an email I received that spammers prey on people’s vanities, fears, and insecurities. I peruse my spam filter from time to time to be reminded that I am not man enough, rich enough, or successful enough; because I then get to tell myself that there is someone else who is. Someone who loves me just the way He made me. And for that I am grateful.

Turns out I’m not employed enough either… it’s...

I Hope I’m This Awesome When I Grow Up

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