Individual Care is Critical to Church Effectiveness (Part 1 of 2)
What traits mark a missionally effective church? In today’s blog post we are going to take a closer look at caring about individuals. It is part of the church’s version of loving thy neighbor, but is an area that is...
Begin at the Beginning
Hard work. Ew. No one enjoys moving heavy objects, putting in overtime, cleaning the house, or eating healthy, but these are just unavoidable facts of life. We are, as humans, exceptionally lazy creatures in at least one if not hundreds...
An Unexpected Gift of the Recession
My core Evergreen business, Spraggins Inc., is a building products and construction services company based in Orlando, Florida and focused on the contract residential market. In 2007, the great recession hit our business extremely hard. Homebuilders just stopped building.By the...
The Nobility of Work (2.0)
Disclaimer: The article below appeared yesterday without the proper video included. This blog post includes the video link. This video will provide great inspiration for your day. The Nobility of Work The job shaming of actor Geoffry Owens (known primarily...
Repentance Brings Renewal
Shannon Basso is the Founder of BECOMING, a ministry that creates truth and beauty-filled study resources for women and equips them wholly—head, heart, and hand—to become who they are in Christ. Shannon lives in Orlando with her husband, Justin, and...
The Great Chinese Art Heist
Is this the next plot of a future James Bond movie? Is this the framework for a best-selling historical fiction novel? The article below is wildly interesting. Beyond entertainment, it raises all kinds of questions with regards to ethics...
Dancing In the Streets
My apologies all the way around for what amounted to a great big tease last week when no video was embedded in the previous blog. The problem has been sorted out but the only solution is to include the link...
The End of Patronage?
We are back and off of the July Screen Sabbatical. This week's blog post is an interview with James K.A. Smith and Roberta Ahmanson and they are discussing a fascinating topic—patronage. Most interviews that are transcribed can be...
Aaahhh…Summer!
Aaahhhh! Summer is here and hopefully that means you will be taking some much-needed time off. Interestingly, Americans have become so focused on productivity that we often struggle with how to unwind, destress, and actually relax. Many of us even...
Stuck???
Congratulations! Today is your day. Congratulations! Today is your day. You’re off to Great Places! You’re off and away! You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You’re...
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