It’s official—Ted Haggard is once again the head of a church. Three and a half years after the sex and drug scandal that caused his resignation from Colorado Springs’ New Life Church in November 2006, Haggard has incorporated a church named St. James in the barn on Old Ranch Road where he began hosting overflowing “prayer meetings” last November.

Americans hate that word “submit.” By its very nature it seems to indicate defeat. In the new fighting craze (names like Mixed Martial Arts, Ultimate Fighting, and so on), a match can end before the final bell without a knock-out if one fighter submits. They keep a statistic on defeats by submission. Many women cringe [...]

Don’t throw out the baby with the bath water! We’ve all heard this old saying. But did you know that this proverb was applied to the church as far back as 1526 by Martin Luther himself?1 I was reminded of that during my Bible time as I read the story of Moses receiving the Ten [...]

Two significant public presentations were made yesterday: one by Steve Jobs and one by President Barack Obama. The audience responses were quite different to the two presentations and provide food for thought for how people are responding when you speak. Yesterday morning (Pacific time), Steve Jobs addressed an audience in San Francisco where he announced [...]

I’m delighted to welcome Michael Holmes, author of I Shall Raise Thee Up, as a guest blogger. To be honest, I haven’t been a Trekkie long. So don’t ask me about the time Kirk had dinner with the Klingons and they served Romulan pie! But I was won over after the 2009 version. It was [...]

The Dakota Indians say that when you discover you are riding a dead horse you should dismount. But some churches today…

When you’re in the doldrums, you might need a kick in the butt.

I finished my column for the November issue of The Inside Track this morning and once again thought my followers here should get a sneak excerpt.  Those of you who are Church Volunteer Central members will receive the full article in the issue delivered to your inboxes on 11/1.

I’m definitely not the gloom and doom type. My compatriots at Church Volunteer Central can attest to the fact that I don’t like how much we talk about background checks–though I concede their importance. The point is, I try stay positive and I don’t like negative thoughts. Just look through my earlier posts and you’ll [...]

Forbes magazine recently interviewed several self-made billionaires on the lessons they had learned along the way.  One of them, R.J. Kirk, was asked about the biggest blunder he had ever made, and what he had learned from it.  Kirk said: I have on a couple of occasions permitted continued investment in a small company after [...]