While doing some research for Sunday’s sermon this week, I found this comparison list for Pride and Humility.[1]  I wondered how can I, as a spiritual leader, help people live a more humble life and thereby keep our pride in check?  The best way, it seems to me, is by practicing the list of things on the right and not on the left.  Will you?          As James says in verse 13:3, Who is wise and understanding among you? Let them show it by their good life, by deeds done in the humility that

I opened a book that has been on my book shelf for years and a piece of paper fell out.  On the piece of paper were these words:      An old Cherokee told his grandson, “My son, there is a battle between two wolves inside us all.  One is Evil.  It is anger, jealousy, greed, resentment, inferiority, lies and ego.  The other is Good.  It is joy, peace, love, hope, humility, kindness, empathy, & truth.  The boy thought about it and asked, “Grandfather, which wolf wins?”  The old man quietly

I read an article this week by Carey Niewhof and was so inspired by it that I shared it with our leaders.  One of our leaders was so inspired that I decided to share it with you via our webage.  I would love to have a conversation with you about this topic.  Feel free to call me or email me your thoughts, comments, or questions… 5 Significant Attitude Differences That Separate Growing And Declining Churches By Carey Niewhof            So what’s the difference between a growing church and

It seems the world has gone mad.  That’s what is happening.  Never before have we seen such madness and we really don’t know what to do about it either.       Check out the news, locally or globally, and it’s impossible to get away from the madness.  It’s like seeing a train wreck happening before our eyes and we can’t turn away from watching how the carnage will unfold - from politics to school shootings, from sex scandals to sex trafficking, from crooked cops to chemical weapons of war.

The Christmas cards are on the table, stamps and envelopes ready and all that’s left to do is to add a nice message to wish your family and friends a Merry Christmas!  How do you say it?  What do you write?  Here is a list of 50 ways to say Merry Christmas.  May you find the right words this year to just say it - “Merry Christmas!” 1.           Christmas is about spending time with family and friends. It’s about creating happy memories that will last a lifetime. Merry Christmas to you and

“A growing church is a dying church.”  That is the title of an article I read recently.  It caused me to pause and ponder.  As I read that article I kept thinking – I wish everyone involved in our mission and ministry at FLC would read this and consider its implication for us.  So here it is.  I’m reposting it for your consideration.  A Growing Church is a Dying Church SEPTEMBER 4, 2012 BY J. BARRETT LEEIN       Whenever a congregation goes looking for a new pastor, the first question on

Churches will often develop a mission statement to give traction to their mission.  A mission statement might change from time to time with the changing times but the mission of the church never changes.   Our mission is to be disciples who make more disciples.         Our leadership team has been in conversation for quite some time about a mission statement for us here at FLC to give traction to our mission of disciple making.  At a meeting this past week we came up with this mission

I was sitting in traffic the other day, moving along slowly on Kaliste Saloom Road.  We would stop and then go…  Stop and then go…  Stop and then go…  I was traveling from E Broussard Road to Farrel Road on my way to the church building.       I know traffic is getting worse here in Lafayette, but this was unusual for this time of day.  Oddly enough there was no traffic coming from the other direction.  The guy behind me kept trying to see around all of us by swerving out into the other

I have become fascinated (and not a little concerned) with what is happening in the world right now.  The times are a changin’ as Bob Dylan sang in 1964 – the year I was born.  We are certainly living in some changing and challenging times here in 2017.       I was never really concerned about politics before. I am now.        I was never really interested in what the president of the United States said before (or tweeted before). I am now.       I was never one to follow a political