Please listen to my 3 minute video below and consider joining myself and others as we kick off a month of getting fit and having fun. If you cannot make one of the webinar at 7PM CST on Monday and Thursday nights that describe the opportunity in more detail, you can express your interest to me at [email protected] and we can schedule a brief call together. I will be coaching a new session each week. Come along for an impact... Read more
There is an old adage: “Hurt people hurt people.” It is well known that those who have been emotionally damaged tend to inflict their hurt and pain on other people. For example, a large percentage of those who have been sexually abused become the abusers of others; those who suffered under an alcoholic parent often themselves cause their future family to suffer because of their drunken stupors. Until we as a church deal with the whole person as shown in... Read more
Friends, It is common for many to refer to the Bible as “The Word of God” . However, this is not how the Master identifies it. In John 5:39- 40 Jesus confronts the religious scholars of His day, “You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of me. But you are not willing to come to Me that you might have life.” In the scriptures the designation “The Word... Read more
“These are some of the decisions that define who we are as a community and how we choose to live our lives. These decisions are not destinations, but rather journeys…” We have decided that teaching the gospel without demonstrating the gospel is not enough. Good preaching, good doctrine, and being good people are not enough. We have decided that having a good church club is not enough, good fellowship is not enough, and just being a member of that club... Read more
We seemingly suffer by both getting everything we desire, and by not attaining desirable things. It is a peculiar existence to live unfulfilled in the things we have, and continue to chase more things that can never fulfill. The greatest battle is in our minds as Wisdom exposes the futility of our insignificant desires and pursuits. “Being” who God created us to be remains our most significant and fulfilling pursuit. Read more
“I have been very zealous for the Lord God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I alone am left; and they seek to take my life.” 1 Kings 19: 10,14 Years ago, as senior partner in a consulting firm I founded, I had an issue that needed to be addressed. It was a recurring situation with one my partners. It was a matter I... Read more
To have deep friendships, one must be willing to go to the depths in being a friend. It goes much further than what we might share in common. It is the intimate foundational bond in marriage and community. A friend is someone who has accepted your past, believes that you have a bright future, and loves just as you are. True friendship is to authentically know everything about each other and still remains friends. Read more
Cultivating a Culture of Spiritual Transformation in your Church or Organization “We can never see an organizational field, but we can see its influence by looking at behavior. To learn what’s in the field, look at what people are doing. They have picked up the messages, discerned what is truly valued, and then shaped their behavior accordingly…Organizational life is shaped by the invisible. If we attend to the fields we create, if we help them shine clear with coherence, a... Read more
Patience is not always about waiting for something to take place or for something to change, patience is also living fully in the moment called NOW. We must be living fully in the journey we are on, experiencing all of life in the present, while continuing to expect the hope filled future to unfold. Wisdom realigns the attitudes of the current state of our heart rather than trying to escape our present reality. Read more
Robert Ricciardelli
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