by davidspell | Apr 29, 2019 | Christian Living, Personal Development |
“The thing that always speaks loudest to our future is the voice of our past.” The Vine Church Fasting Devotional “But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of...
by davidspell | Apr 26, 2019 | Leadership, Personal Development |
Most of the churches that I work with do not have written job descriptions. Many of the businesses that I have done leadership or management training for do not have written job descriptions. I think this is a big mistake! Having clear written guidelines for every...
by davidspell | Apr 12, 2019 | Leadership, Personal Development |
When I worked for the police department, one of the first pieces of equipment that we were issued was a policy manual. It was several hundred pages in length. It told us how to dress. It provided guidelines for arresting people, handling evidence, use of force,...
by davidspell | Mar 15, 2019 | Christian Living, Personal Development |
One of the questions that I am often asked as a pastor is, “How do I keep my faith strong during difficult times?” Anyone who has been a Christian for a while has experienced times when they have felt that their faith was weak. Christians sometimes talk about feeling...
by davidspell | Mar 8, 2019 | Christian Living, Personal Development |
“So, we must listen very carefully to the truth we have heard or we may drift away from it.” The smallest rowboat and the largest aircraft carrier have this in common: if they are not tied to the dock, they will drift away. It might not happen right away,...
by davidspell | Mar 4, 2019 | Christian Living, Leadership, Personal Development |
“The seed that fell on the hard path represents those who hear the Good News about the Kingdom and don’t understand it. Then the evil one comes and snatches the seed away from their hearts.” Why is it that people don’t understand the message...
