Tag: matthew

The Battle Within–Week #3 Outline

INTRODUCTION There’s more to life than just getting our physical needs met. There’s a God factor. There’s a faith factor. Every temptation is an issue of whether or not you think God can and will intervene and show up in your world. TENSION The second temptation is to assume that, despite how big and powerful […] 

Emma the Flower Girl

Emma was in a wedding this past weekend.  Our good friends Matt Dixon and Brynn Woodall were married on Saturday.  They asked Emma to be the Flower Girl.  Here are some pictures Colleen Torlone (who is an AMAZING photographer) took of Emma: By the way, Emma did a phenomenal job.  She made it about half […] 

Are You Listening

Clinton and Ohlschlager, in their book, Competent Christian Counseling, share six (6) ways that listening is done poorly: Inadequate listening.  Becoming easily distracted.  Tuning out! Evaluative or judgmental listening.  Instead of JUST listening, sometimes we listen to tear apart or to constantly evaluate. Filtered listening.  Picking out ONLY what we want to hear and not […]