have incredible childhood memories of church camp. Some of my most formative spiritual experiences happened in an old airplane hanger turned sanctuary in rural Indiana. I’m grateful for them all. Even one that created a bit of an unintentional...
hen I was growing up, there were two major life paths we discussed within the context of our youth group and church culture (that is, when we weren’t debating the spiritual impact of Amy Grant’s crossover albums or whether movie-going became...
hen I left my job in full-time ministry, I thought my pastoring days were behind me. I was trading coffee shop counseling sessions for board room strategy sessions, Oswald Chambers for the Wall Street Journal, pulpits for P&L’s. Who needs a...
You know, it’s an interesting season for us here right now. We are in the middle of trying to close multiple large real estate transactions. We’ve got a new assisted living facility that we’re planning for Whitestown (Indiana) and we’re trying to get the economics worked out for the beginning of The Stone Table Campus hopefully sometime next year. And it becomes obvious to me very, very quickly how inadequate I am as a leader.
Some people do stupid things and call it faith, while others sit on opportunities and call it wisdom. There’s always tension between these polarizing sides, so what do we do with it? We need to lean in and listen for God to speak. Just like Peter who asked Jesus to call him out on the water, we need to wait for Jesus to call us. We have to move and get out of the boat…
https://youtu.be/9BtAu1qddZs This week we are sitting down with Erik Cooper, the president of The Stone Table to talk about knowledge verses wisdom. After sending his daughters off to college he hopes that they attain knowledge, but seek out wisdom.