Please read The Hardest Thing You Will Ever Do for the context of this post. One thing I’ve had to learn to let go of while launching Fulcrum is the “flinch reflex” I picked up while working with established churches for 12 years. I’m easily bored with the status quo. I’m wired to try to […]
Archives for April 2010
The Hardest Thing You Will Ever Do
One of the questions I’m occasionally asked is, “How is starting a new church different from trying to turn around an established one?” The short answer is that it’s different in every way imaginable. In the next several posts, I’ll explain why. Every time I start writing something like this I worry that some of […]
April 21, 2010 by 11 Comments
Need a Guest Speaker?
Because of the twice a month schedule of Cafe Fulcrum, I have a couple of Sunday mornings open each month for being a guest speaker. With summer coming up and knowing that many preachers will be making summer vacation/sabbatical plans, I thought I’d post the dates I’m available. If you think I might be a […]
April 20, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Pressfield on Resistance
Here is a bit more of what Steven Pressfield says about Resistance: “There’s a secret that real writers know that wannabe writers don’t, and the secret is this: It’s not the writing part that’s hard. What’s hard is sitting down to write. What keeps us from sitting down is Resistance.” “Most of us have two […]
April 14, 2010 by 6 Comments
The War of Art
Some people can trace key movements in their life story back to important conversations, chance encounters, or dramatic events. For me, it’s been mostly books. One of the primary ways God has guided my life has been by putting certain books in my hand at just the right moment. When I was struggling through a […]
April 12, 2010 by 7 Comments
Being Happy for Jesus
There’s an element of the resurrection that is oft-overlooked when Christians celebrate Easter. Yes, the resurrection is good news for the world, and yes, it’s good news for sinners like us. But have you ever thought about how the resurrection is good news for Jesus? After all, he was the one who was dead! We’re […]
April 7, 2010 by 4 Comments
Dwight Schrute on the Resurrection
Yesterday, I had someone tell me that part of my teaching reminded her of Dwight Schrute. While not intended to be done in the Schrute-ian style, I can see why she made the connection. See if you can picture Dwight saying this to the camera. Let’s say you and I get in a fight.And you […]
April 5, 2010 by 2 Comments
Enter the Darkness
Then Jesus said to the chief priests, the officers of the temple guard, and the elders, who had come for him, “Am I leading a rebellion, that you have come with swords and clubs? Every day I was with you in the temple courts, and you did not lay a hand on me. But this […]
April 1, 2010 by Leave a Comment
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