Lost in Faith

I am looking for an opportunity to do a face to face, page to page review of the Journeys with those who lead a group thru it but am having trouble finding a slot for that to happen.
In the meantime:
We have an opportunity via Google Docs that some of you have signed up for.  Please [...]

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Steve Furtick from Elevation Church gives a shout out to J5 Living

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A high school teammate, Jay Lorenzen blogs at www.onmovements.com.
He works with a faculty/student organization so that explains his terminology.  What if you read faculty and students as friends, relatives and co-workers?
“The imagination is how things get done. You have to cultivate creativity.”-Russell Simmons
How do we lead faculty and students to engage mission as a way [...]

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Received this email yesterday from a friend after he read my rather lenghty post on the 2nd half of the chessbaord.
Roy,
A friend of mine from college called this morning.  He runs one of the biggest cruise line companies in Florida.  He is on top of the world.  He has been a huge success since he [...]

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According to legend, chess was invented by Grand Vizier Sissa Ben Dahir, and given to King Shirham of India. The king offered him a reward, and he requested the following: “Just one grain of wheat on the first square of the    chessboard. Then put two on the second square, four on the next, then eight, [...]

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Ecclesiastes 7:3 Journey 2 from self heart to soft hearted!  Awareness leads to brokeness, let brokenness do its work!Jjj
Message:  Crying is better than laughing. It blotches the face but it scours the heart.
New International Version:  Sorrow is better than laughter, because a sad face is good for the heart.
Amplified Version:  Sorrow is better than laughter, [...]

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Hard to think about this passage this morning without letting last night’s group inform me. I was once again amazed at the visceral confusion of earning and becoming an heir.
This is the key verse in earner to heir. vs. 5 He rescued us from the old way of life spoken of in the preceding verse. [...]

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7 Journeys Bible Reading Guide

Week One-Introduction

1/11
Romans 12

1/12
Psalm 8

1/13
II Timothy 3

1/14
Psalms 23

1/15
II Peter 1

1/16
Psalms 139

1/17
Matthew 5

Weel Two-J1 from earner to heir

1/18
Luke 15

1/19
II Samuel 9

1/20
Titus 3

1/21
Ephesians 1

1/22
John 3

1/23
Ephesians 2

1/24
Romans 4

Week Three-J2 from self hearted to soft hearted

1/25
Genesis 3

1/26
I Kings 11

1/27
Luke 9

1/28
Jeremiah 2

1/29
Romans 3

1/30
Isaiah 50

1/31
Psalm 51

Week Four-J3 from receiver to giver

2/1
Matthew 28

2/2
James 1

2/3
Psalm 10

2/4
Luke 19

2/5
I Peter [...]

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On my last trip to Africa I spent the afternoon with Floyd McClung. We spent the entire time talking about leadership reproduction, how necessary and how difficult it is. Floyd is in his late 60’s and he said this is my last lap around the track and I want to leave 20 people [...]

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