Tag: prayer
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A MONDAY PRAYER
I just returned from lunch–and this is my noontime prayer on this Monday. “Dear Lord, thank you for sunshine and warm weather today. Thank you for a great wife who wakes up early to spend the mornings with me. Thank you for beautiful daughters, for a home, for a reliable vehicle to drive and for…
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BETTER SOLUTIONS TO MINISTRY FUNK
In between putting out brush fires, I read an interesting article today about dealing with ministry funk. The article is written by super popular and super hip pastor Steven Furtick (How cool is Steven Furtick? He’s so cool his church is named ‘Elevation’–yeah, he wants you to know you will never be as cool as…
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GREENBEAN’S PRAYER ON THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER
Today is the National Day of Prayer. Sadly, this seems to be a mostly political occasion, and official Greenbean philosophy is to be very non-partisan. However, I do believe in prayer. Here is my prayer for our nation. Lord, there are many things in our nation which are good. These include freedom, liberty, general prosperity,…
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THE LIFE AND TIMES OF A CONNECTION CARD
The lifespan of a connection card (genus cardus connectus ecclesiasticum) is typically 5 days. Sometimes it might be more, depending on variables like work schedules, three day weekends, or even the information needed to be gathered and disseminated. Conception for the connection card begins, typically, on Wednesday of each week. I will begin an inter-office…