by bradhuebert | Jan 13, 2012 | evaluation, Faith, spiritual growth
My youngest son, Joel (ten years old), grounded out yesterday. I found him holed up in the basement gunning down grunts on Halo reach. He’d already eaten up his daily gaming allotment, so I made the call: “You’re done, buddy. Turn it off.” He...
by bradhuebert | Jan 12, 2012 | evaluation, identity, Uncategorized, vision
When people get to know you are you the person they met, or someone far different… maybe even less? When people come to your church after checking in with your website, reading your mission statement and looking at all the pretty pictures, what do they find? A...
by bradhuebert | Jan 3, 2012 | evaluation, Faith, spiritual growth
“Celebrate New Year’s when you want to, and as often as you choose. They’re your resolutions, not ours.” So says a blogging Seth Godin recently. I’m taking his advice to heart. Today, January 3rd, is New Year’s Eve. Starting...
by bradhuebert | Dec 28, 2011 | community, evaluation, spiritual growth
In the new year, armed with resolutions aplenty, many Christians will begin meeting with an accountability group. The theory is sound: Meet weekly with a few same sex friends, ask each other tough questions, hold each other accountable, pray for each other. Sounds...
by bradhuebert | Dec 7, 2011 | evaluation, Faith, Leadership
We give a lot of press to spiritual disciplines like prayer, fasting, confession, and solitude. As we should. But how often have you heard someone encourage you to practice the discipline of imitation? The book of Hebrews lays this out pretty clearly: “We want...
by bradhuebert | Dec 5, 2011 | evaluation, Uncategorized
I used to think snappy “one liners” cheapened the truth, that the very act of printing a truism onto a bumper sticker somehow neutralized its usefulness. Now it’s true, there are a whole lot of half-true, all-shallow platitudes bouncing around the...
