by churchhires | Oct 3, 2017 | leadership
2017 has been a year, I mean it has been one for the books it seems. The election, the tweets, North Korea, the eclipse, the floods, the hurricanes, the earthquakes, the supposed end of the world, and then the moving of the supposed end of the world, the shootings. It...
by churchhires | Aug 22, 2017 | leadership
The world and the church have changed so much since Jesus walked the streets of Nazareth. Sometimes the telling of the gospel and even the OT can become so story-esque that I think modern Americans can really have a hard time transcending an idea that Jesus...
by churchhires | Aug 8, 2017 | leadership
I sat twiddling my fingers at my keyboard for minutes that felt like hours. Before I knew it, I was scrolling Instagram, Facebook, my email, anything to take my mind off the task at hand. I was suffering from a case a writer’s block, also known as “help...
by churchhires | Jul 10, 2017 | leadership
It’s 2017 people. The year of male rompers, fidget spinners, and the Golden State Warriors. Health food stores are still on the come-up, storage facilities and mattress stores are being built on every corner to rival the booming empire of Starbucks, and while the...
by churchhires | Jun 19, 2017 | leadership
There is this common misperception that “balance” is somehow attainable in life. As I’ve lived and breathed ministry for over 15 years, I’ve come to find, that that’s simply not reality. However, over the years, I’ve learned some practical and spiritual truths that...
by churchhires | Jun 12, 2017 | leadership
i’m addicted. I have been for years. It’s hurt me. It’s hurt my family.
I never meant for it to hurt them, but looking back, I’ve come to realize it’s done more damage than I care to admit. It has almost broken me, I mean, really broken me… more than once.
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