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Archive for July, 2009
I love that Rascal Flatts song, “Life is a Highway.” No doubt about it; it takes some twists and turns. Some we can seemingly control, others we have no clue. Overall, we really have NO control, IF, we believe God has the whole world in His hands. He’s so huge, large, and in-charge, that He [...]
Steve Spurrier was just quoted as saying, “Tim Tebow is the best quarterback in SEC history.” I remember when Tim rolled into town; four years ago. It seems like yesterday. Now, you’re talking to a family who, while living in Gainesville, rode around town with Bulldog tags on their car, had them ripped off at [...]
Death is a funny thing. To our family, that know Christ, we often mention it and the fact that no one who loves and lives for Christ is upset with the thought of dying. In other words, it has a very positive outcome and resemblance to us in the Craven home and extended family. However, [...]
Sometimes I find myself feeling a particular emotion; how ’bout depression, for instance. I don’t know a lot about it, just that sometimes we all feel this way. I’ll give you my thoughts: I think it must be a natural bent for humanity and why God spoke through several to say, “Train yourself to be [...]
Why do we feel and have been programmed that to do God’s work as an individual church, we must find a way to “get the credit?” This has no value in advancing the Kingdom; will advance your church, though, for awhile. This will only last until God is tired of it……..your ministry then becomes stagnant, [...]
Someone recently said it well: Live as though Jesus died yesterday, rose again today, and is coming back tomorrow!
It really gets comical to read twitters, blog posts, articles, and books of people who give off the scent that they have it all together, knowing down inside, they don’t. As much as I love all of the above, very few are transparent, real, and authentic with what they say. Not sure why this is, [...]
Integrating Your Team Our church shifted to an integrated family ministry strategy and combined our preschool, elementary, teens, and college ministers into one cohesive leadership team. Hold weekly meetings with an agenda and rotating participation: It is important for creating community. If you meet rarely, you are communicating to the team that they don’t actually [...]
