Dancing with truth and peace
Thursday
July 2014
COMMENTS
Written by Brian Jennings, Posted in Blog, Lead Yourself, Your Church, Your World
I grew up attending the North American Christian Convention. I remember riding in the College Press-rented U-Haul with my dad, playing tag on the escalators with Matthew and David DeWelt and sneaking into Louisville’s Freedom Hall locker rooms with Kyle Idleman. I guess I wasn’t the model NACC kid. Twenty years passed and I gladly […]
Sunday
July 2014
COMMENTS
Written by Brian Jennings, Posted in Your World
When I hear the numbers, I get overwhelmed in a hurry. 400,000 boys are victims of sex trafficking. 60% of tourism to Costa Rica is connected to the sex industry. 15,000 boys are being trafficked in the Dominican Republic. Some numbers come from the State Department and others come from boots on the ground. But […]
Tuesday
June 2014
COMMENTS
Written by Brian Jennings, Posted in Blog, Your Church
Darren grew up in Philly. He found trouble and the law found him. He sat in prison with a man sentenced to 119 years on one side of him and another who threatened a family by tossing their baby in an oven on the other. “How could God love guys like this?” Darren thought. God […]
Thursday
June 2014
COMMENTS
Written by Brian Jennings, Posted in Your Church
Our church is focused on discipleship, which we define as helping people know God and grow in God. In a recent conversation with church leaders, I asked them what obstacles they were facing as they encouraged others to make disciples. They were encouraged in several ways, but they’d all heard a few reasons/excuses to shun […]
Tuesday
May 2014
COMMENTS
Written by Brian Jennings, Posted in Blog, Lead Yourself
I don’t jog. I play basketball and tennis. I run around a lot with my kids. But I don’t jog. The only reason for jogging is to get in shape for basketball or tennis. I don’t jog. Until now. I consider leading a Small Group (of adults and their families) and a Discipleship Group (of […]
