Building the Scaffolding for the Abundant Life

Lesson #2. Have you ever noticed on new construction that the first thing builders build is the necessary scaffolding. The scaffolding is necessary. It’s the beams, planks and poles that are erected both around and inside the new construction. There, the workers ascend the planks and build the building. Rhythm is the necessary scaffolding we [...]

Taking the Time To Shed the Socks and Shoes of Worry and Scurry

We’re back now from our “experiment” to spend some time on the east coast. While there, we based out of Holden Beach and traveled with our ministry speaking to churches, organizations and leading retreats. We had some much needed time off and it was in the time off that insights, epiphanies and dare I say, [...]

First Mornings

There are expectations when we come on a retreat. Some want this. Some need that. Every retreat will never meet all of the expectations. As I asked our retreatants why they came…they came as I suspected. Some were tired. Some are weary. Some are teeter-tottering on burn out. Some wanted to know more. Some needed [...]

The Anatomy of a Retreat

Over the course of the next few days, I want to offer you an inside look at the anatomy of a retreat. I’ll be doing this while leading a retreat. I’ll be giving you an inside look at the anatomy of a retreat…confessing my private fears and sharing my observations while the retreat is going [...]

Why Isolation, obscurity and hiddenness matter in a social media crazed world!

We have it all wrong in our culture. We have falsely assumed that the better known we are; the more exposure we have; the bigger the platform we develop that we will live a better life.   If that were so, Jesus would have told us to expand our world, make ourselves known and be [...]