Author Archive: Jon Stallings
I am enthusiastic about helping others discover their purpose and grow into a deeper relationship with Jesus. It is great to see their eyes light up at their “Ah Ha!” moment when they discover they were created for something more. My hope is that this blog will help encourage and inspire you along your way. Join the conversation and take the time to share with me your own story.
I have been married to my beautiful wife Janice for over 30 years. We currently live in McDonough Georgia with our daughter. Our two boys have left the nest and we have two wonderful grand kids. Of course we cannot forget about our dog Bear.
My One Word for 2015
As I am a fairly avid blog reader I kept seeing people picking a single word to set a theme for 2015. At first I did not think much about it and wrote it off to just a social media fad. I have not read Mike Ashcraft’s book titled My One Word. However, the one […]
Another Year of Great Reads – What I read in 2014
I have a simple goal to read just 20 books each year. I know there are many who read a lot more than that but 20 is the right number for me. In 2014 I barely completed that goal by reading 21. It was a busy year. Please note that the lack of comments […]
2015 – 365 New Days
If you are like me (and a lot of other people) you have been putting a lot of thought into your goals for 2015. We like to begin a new year thinking of what we want to accomplish by December a year from now. All the experts tell us we need to create new goals […]
Wishing you a Merry Christmas
I just wanted to wish you all wonderful and Merry Christmas!! I pray that you will be able to slow down in the next few days and take a moment to reflect on the love of a father who would send his son so that once again we would be able to enjoy a full […]
Playing Hurt
“The athlete knows the day will never come when he wakes up pain-free. He has to play hurt.” – Steven Pressfield, The War of Art Therefore, since we also have such a large cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us lay aside every weight and the sin that so easily ensnares us. Let us run […]
A Leader’s Most Important Question
Every Leader must ask himself, “Do I want survival, success or significance?” – John Maxwell I have to admit that for too many years I lived for survival. Sure I had big dreams but that is all they really were, just dreams. My focus was to just make it through the day. I only […]
The Prayers of Paul
This week I have a guest post on the Prayers of Paul over at Chris Hendrix’s blog: Devotions by Chris, Here is just a snippet: Paul lived an incredible life. He went from an aggressive persecutor of the church to an aggressive follower of Jesus Christ. He was shipwrecked three times, bitten by a […]
A Priest for The World
When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralyzed man, “Son, your sins are forgiven.” – Mark 2:5 This verse in Mark (also found in Luke 5:20 and Matthew 9:2) has always been a favorite of mine. Four men cared so much about their paralyzed friend they were willing to risk climbing onto […]
Wear Your Dream
“Dare to Dream: Have the desire to do something bigger than yourself. Prepare the dream: Do your homework; be ready when the opportunity comes. Wear the dream: Do it. Share the dream: Make others a part of the dream, and it will become even greater than you had hoped.” – Florence Littauer Life is filled […]
Why I Love Mondays
‘In the morning when you awake and behold the light, consider that you behold a fresh manifestation of the lovely glory of God.’ – Jonathan Edwards Happy Monday! By the time this posts I will be on the road heading to work in downtown Atlanta. While my computer boots up I will head off […]
Pastor, Leadership Coach, Speaker: I am enthusiastic about helping others discover their purpose and grow into a deeper relationship with Jesus. It is great to see their eyes light up at their “Ah Ha!” moment when they discover they were created for something more. 
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