An Offer I Couldn’t Refuse
One of the best things about going to college in Northwest Arkansas was the many opportunities for outdoor fun (which often took me outside of my comfort zone). Because we were college kids without a lot of money to spend, we had to be creative. We explored caves with flashlights trying not to walk into any […]
Mission Adventure in Ecuador
I still remember watching the ‘Fasten Your Seat Belt’ sign come on. As the plane descended, I got my first glimpse of the Andes Mountains. When the wheels of the plane hit the runway, my stomach was filled with butterflies as we landed at the tiny airport in Quito, Ecuador. It was my first mission […]
Changing Your Thinking For The Better
I recently finished reading a great book titled 18 MINUTES by Peter Bergman. I learned a lot from this book – but one of the most interesting things I learned about was a term known as ‘confirmation bias.’ Confirmation bias describes how we look for information, behaviors, and evidence that show us things are the […]
4 Reasons Your Kids Need To Be In Church
With extracurricular activities bombarding families these days, the dilemma that so many face is making church attendance a priority for the family. Weekends are jam packed with sports, dance recitals and the list goes on. John Bartkowski, a Mississippi State University sociologist and his colleagues recently conducted a study to look at the effects of […]
Reflecting on Good Friday
Several years ago, I came across this reading by Max Lucado. It has become a tradition for me now, to read it on the Eve of Good Friday to remind myself that although Jesus was fully God, He was also fully man. He felt pain, betrayal, grief, doubt and all of the other emotions that […]
Parenting 101 – Big Investment. Big Dividends.
I was so excited to take my first teaching job! I had been hired by a Christian school to teach 18 third graders. Fresh out of college, I thought teaching those energetic and needy children how to multiply and divide had to be the hardest job on earth. I was wrong—parenting was. It was then […]
Parenting 101 – Your Child’s Faith Journey
When my kids were young, every Sunday we loaded them into the car and headed to church. Season after season, we weathered winter’s icy breath, were drenched by spring showers and blasted by summer’s hot winds. Our church sheltered us not only from the physical elements of the weather, but also from things which are […]
A Little Uncomfortable
The boat picked up speed, the parachute picked up air and I began my ascent. Dangling 400 feet above open water and clutching the straps of my harness, a 1,000 foot cord kept me tethered to the speedboat racing through the coastal waters of the Bahamas. My grip tightened as I floated through the air […]
Whatever It Takes
The story of LifeQuest Church is all about doing whatever it takes to reach people who are far from God and then help them grow in their faith. That’s what makes the people of LifeQuest extraordinary. It takes countless hours of time, energy and money to keep reaching people and to make a difference. […]
Leading A Winning Team
John Maxwell writes about the importance of gathering the best team possible in your organization because it elevates the potential of the team. Paying the price to develop your team involves time, it might cost some money and sometimes – what is hard for us as leaders – we must set aside our own personal […]
