Articles in Outreach

Desperately Seeking

As I stood in an unfamiliar church and began to worship to the music, something wonderful happened.  Every time a lyric talked about Jesus bringing change or healing into a life, people began to cheer, clap and celebrate.  If you walked into this service without knowing the full story, you might miss the impact of the scene.  It was a worship time connected to a Celebrate Recovery group…it was amazing.

A House With No Doors

Many years ago I had a dream. It was a truly awesome – Wow – dream! In the dream there was this really wonderful story going on, like a movie in my mind that was a real mystery drama. I remember as I awoke, thinking how utterly awesome the whole story had been. The mystery movie-like dream came to a fantastic surprise conclusion with all the pieces of the mystery fitting and weaving together perfectly as the story concluded and the mystery solution was revealed.  Unfortunately, the only detail of the dream I could recall was the dream’s title, “A House with No Doors”.

Learning Along the Path

Life is a journey.  The road of life has peaks and valleys…joy and pain.  It is important as we go through this journey that we never forget where we have been. 

I found a post that I wrote during a “valley” moment of my life not that long ago.  I’d like to share it…

Breakfast with Curt Coffman

Curt Coffman co-authored the book, First Break All the Rules, with Marcus Buckingham. He also wrote much of Ritz Carlton’s service values material. A few months ago I had the privilege of having breakfast with Curt.  There is an interesting story about the way I met the Coffman’s . . .