Loving Desperation
Those completely devoted to veritably loving others desperately plea and fervently grapple with the innermost limits of their hearts enduring strength to not rest until their neighbors, friends and adversaries alike are all joyfully apprehended by love, encouraged by kindness and blanketed with compassion. The truly devoted know and deeply understand that there is no greater passion, no...
Read MoreGenerosity and The Church With IndyMetroChurch’s Aaron Story
Parke: There are a lot of us wrestling with what normal Christianity genuinely looks like. In terms of generosity and the gospel, how should we respond? What does normal Christianity look like? Aaron: Well, what does it look like to contextualize the gospel in our environment and not simply try to reproduce what occurred in the early church as found in Acts 2: 42-47? While there are...
Read MoreA Breaking Self, A Transformed Heart
Yeah, if it doesn’t break your heart it isn’t love Now if it doesn’t break your heart it’s not enough It’s when you’re breaking down with your insides coming out It’s when you find out what your heart is made up of – Switchfoot, Hello Hurricane, Yet It is difficult to fully comprehend just how dedicated we are to someone until something radical...
Read MoreYou Can Buy Happiness…
…but it’s going to cost you. Happiness can be bought, but happiness due to the gathering and collecting of material objects never lasts. Purchasing happiness is not a–one time, get all, going out of business, clearance rack, happily ever after–acquisition. Procuring happiness requires the investor to continuously return to his place of investment and buy more, more,...
Read MoreOur First Marathon: Photo Edition
Running the Indianapolis Monumental Marathon was absolutely the most difficult thing I have ever done. I expected to be challenged by the grueling 26.2 miles, but I had no idea that it was going to be so physically and mentally demanding. Never in my life have I attempted or completed so exhausting a feat, and, after 14 long weeks of training and 1 crazy Saturday, I have never been happier...
Read MoreIf You Love Your Followers…
…you’d better tell them. If those who follow you, look-up to you, respect you, work for you, listen to you, sacrifice for you, or dedicate their time to you, think they are unimportant–not a crucial part of the movement–than, ultimately, they will dedicate their efforts, energy and resources to another. There are three types of leaders: Leaders who forget about or choose...
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