CNN recently posted an article called “How passing the plate becomes the ‘Sunday morning stickup’” that is focused on the distorted teaching around giving in the church today. I read the article and as hard as […]
Tag: HEART
FORGIVING WHEN YOU DONT WANT TO
I vividly remember my early years when I would get a scrape, gash or scratch that would require a “band aid,” and how the miracle numbing spray of Bactine would take away the pain. Soothing comfort quickly replaced the […]
LEADERSHIP: IT’S NOT ABOUT YOU
Many years ago I remember hearing the phrase from the mouths of these influential mentors “lead, follow or get out of the way.” A “braveheart” like command that when heard summons a boiling caldron of courage and boldness. It’s […]
THE SABOTAGE OF SENTIMENTALISM
A new friend of mine recently told me, without hesitation, that “Sentimentalism can overshadow truth.” He said it so effortlessly and without a pause for objection or response that I wrote it down to take […]
WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE GOD IS NOT THERE
There are times in my life where I feel like God is gone, not present, at least not around me. They are terrifying lonely spaces of time in my journey where I don’t see him. These […]
FACEBOOK TERRORISTS
Terrorism – the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, especially for political purposes. One of the big reasons terrorism creates terror is that you don’t know who they are and when they will attack. Since 9/11 our country has been on guard and aggressively creating ways […]
DECORATION OR DECLARATION?
A friend recently told me that he wanted more courage to ask a question of many people he had seen come through his office who were all wearing crosses. He felt a curious tension that prompted […]
Troy A Murphy 