Sarah Keller – Medical Update – 9:30 Tuesday Night, Sept. 13th, 2011

Tuesday Night, 9:30 pm Update for Sarah Keller: Dr. Fuchs, Sarah’s surgeon came in today and basically discussed the options with us about where we go from here, because the headache pressure is still there whenever Sarah stands or sits up. So after consulting with him and he with the Neurologist, they are going to…

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Sarah Keller Medical Journey

As many of you know, on Labor Day, Monday, September 5th, my wife, Sarah started experiencing an extreme headache that became worse and worse throughout the week. On Wednesday, she went to the Urgent Care and was given a prescription of heavy meds, but they didn’t touch it. On Thursday, at the 72 hour mark,…

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The Discipline of Replenishment

        As I was reviewing my notes and the audios from the most recent Willow Creek Leadership Summit, I heard Bill Hybels use a phrase that I’ve heard him say before, but it jumped out at me. He said that, as Leaders, we must practice: The Discipline of Replenishment         In other words, it’s not…

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Why God wants us to Only be apart of 1 Church

        Recently, I was listening to our local Christian Radio Station while taking my kids to school and the hosts were having a conversation about this trend we’re seeing in the church world today of “People attending more than one church.” After about 45 seconds, I grabbed my iPhone and told my boys in the…

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Detour leads to unexpected discovery

Galatians 4:13 “As you know, it was because of an illness that I first preached the gospel to you.”         In this small verse, Paul makes an interesting statement, that the whole reason the church at Galatia exists, the whole reason they know Jesus at all, the whole reason they have had thier lives changed,…

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So there's this verse in Proverbs that's been messin' with me…

Proverbs 24:11 “Rescue those being led away to death; hold back those staggering toward slaughter.” It’s our responsibility to actively and aggressively go after those who are headed in the wrong direction. We can’t just sit by and let them fall off a cliff of sin or poor decision-making, or complacency. I recently had a…

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Proverb Wednesday – #5

Proverbs 21:11 “When a mocker is punished the simple gain wisdom; when a wise man is instructed, he gets knowledge.” How do we learn? From punishment or consequences? Or from instruction? The better way to learn is to listen and watch those around us that we might gain a heart of wisdom. Otherwise, we’re left…

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Proverb Wednesday – #4

Proverbs 26:12 “Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.” So the Bible says that someone who is wise in their own eyes is worse off than a fool. Wow. That’s huge because Proverbs doesn’t have a ton of good to say about…

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