I came across a book this last week that is a sequel of sorts to one I read about 4 or 5 years back. The book is called Strengths Finder 2.0. Although written from a secular perspective, this is a great book to understand how God wired you and those around you; the book leads [...]
Here is the new EastLake Vibe video that was shot in the new building. If you look in one of my earlier posts you can see the difference.
I am not impressed that easily, but this last weekend I was impressed. After services at church, I met a few incredible people who impressed me with their passion and commitment to God and His work.
The first person who impressed me is a man who came up to me after services and as he was [...]
God answers our prayers. However, we often forget that he answered our prayer, or we simply discount the answer because it was not what we expected. Still, answered prayer builds our faith so it is important to recognize and remember how God has answered prayer.
Here are a couple ideas:
1) [...]
Jesus’ disciples asked him to “teach us to pray” because prayer is not always intuitive. One of the problems I had early on as I prayed was a sort of sameness to my prayers. (Lord give me this, Lord forgive me for that.) This kept my prayer times short and sort of shallow. A tool [...]
This weekend at EastLake Church, I am kicking off a new message series on prayer. While I will try to fit in other blog posts about important subjects, such as my favorite frozen yogurt place, Golden Spoon, I am going to be focusing substantially on prayer this next week.
Here is the irony in me starting [...]
Western Wall (Wailing Wall) in Jerusalem
This last winter I went to see the homeland of my people, not south Florida, but Israel. It was one of the best trips of my life, and I don’t think I will ever read my Bible the same way again.
Israel is interesting for Biblical, political and cultural reasons. As [...]
I get tense about money, at least when I feel like I don’t have enough. Unfortunately, that tension can spill. (I hope I am not the only one here; if I am you have no reason to read further.)
A few months ago the Carvel Ice Cream in my neighborhood closed. Unfortunately, a store closing has [...]
I am not anti stuff. I like my stuff, and I hope to have more stuff in the future. Here is the problem, we can become stuff-a-holics. We can move from owning stuff to having it own us. Here is some great wisdom that maybe can temper the stuff-a-holic in all of us.
“Don’t be obsessed [...]
This question came in yesterday on my blog, “What is the Best Way to Organize Your Finances?”
I know that I have to be intentional about allocating my money otherwise it tends to wander away. Even though my income has varied over the years, my formula has not. Here is how I organize my finances:
1. I [...]