David’s 400 Men A Picture of the Church
In addition every man who was desperate, in debt, or disconnected rallied around [David], and he became their leader. About 400 men were with him. – 1 Samuel 22:2 David had been anointed to be king and he had killed a giant. He had won great battles and the people chanted, “Saul has killed his thousands, […]
Hello, are you here?
“There is one thing we can do, and the happiest people are those who can do it to the limit of their ability. We can be completely present. We can be all here. We can…give all our attention to the opportunity before us.” – Mark Van Doren quoted in, Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress […]
Leadership Lessons from a 300 Year Old Company
Several months ago I ran across the short films produced by Kikkoman (The makers of soy sauce). Of course I do enjoy soy sauce, but I it is not something I really think about when looking for leadership insight; however, I was amazed by the Kikkoman family creed. They have developed this creed over their 300 […]
Utter Relief of Holiness a Book Review
I recently wrote a book review of, The Utter Relief of Holiness: How God’s Goodness Frees Us from Everything that Plagues Us, by John Eldredge for my Denomination (Foursquare). Most books on the topic of holiness come across as very academic; however, John Eldredge’s newest release brings understandable insight to the topic. You can read […]
A New Open Door for the Stallings Family
Sometimes I wish God would give m a little more insight into what he was doing. My wife Janice and I are walking through a new open door. We are excited and a bit nervous, because we can’t see very far down the hall. But here we go. At the end of 2011 Janice and […]
Created and Called to Live in Community
As followers of Jesus we are never called to live alone in a vacuum. From the very beginning God created man and woman to create a family that would live in relationship with Him. God’s desire all along has been to have a community that He could fellowship with. Back in October I wrote […]
All For Jesus
Why do we tend to live our lives in different compartments? We tend to refer to our work as secular and our church, ministry, prayer etc. as spiritual. Why do we not see our work as spiritual? I have gone to church all my life and I have to admit that for most of my life […]
Why Your Big Picture is Overrated
Yes you read that title correct. The Big Picture is overrated. That is what I believe, and I am sticking to it. Don’t get me wrong; big pictures are great. They help us chart a course and they make sure we focus on all the right things. However, the problem is, they are so big we […]
Vertical Church: A Book Review
Seems like every day there is a new book, new video, or new blog post on what the perfect church should look like. So much emphasis has been placed on outreach and social justice it is easy for us to lose focus on Jesus himself. James MacDonald’s book, Vertical Church: What Every Heart Longs for, […]
My Bible Reading Plan
Over the past several years I made multiple failed attempts following the one year reading plans. Nothing wrong with the plans, they just did not work for me. Each day quickly became a task to check off my to do list. If I missed a day, I had to read two days to make it […]
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