Category: Planter Health
When the Godly Get Depressed
When the Godly Get Depressed .et_post_meta_wrapper by Brandon Cox: A couple of days ago, I shared this tweet: Good people get depressed. Godly people get depressed. Depression isn’t sin. It’s a state. Sometimes it’s circumstantial. Sometimes it’s spiritual. Sometimes it’s chemical. Treat it holistically. Pray. Get counseling. Talk to your […]
CNLP 307: John Ortberg and Carey Nieuwhof on Workaholism, How to Be Appropriately Vulnerable, and Finding God When Things are Bad in Leadership
by Carey Nieuwhof: John Ortberg has a brand new podcast, What Were You Thinking? Today, we flip the mic, and John interviews Carey Nieuwhof about workaholism, how to be appropriately vulnerable about your story, and finding God when things get tough in life and leadership. Welcome to Episode 307 of […]
Be Wise About Your Faith Journey
by Discipleship.org: Four people were on a plane when it suddenly lost power and started falling toward the ground. The pilot got on the radio to announce an even bigger problem: “There are four of us, but only three parachutes. It’s my plane and my parachutes, so I’m going to […]
You were Created to Get Creative
You were Created to Get Creative .et_post_meta_wrapper By Brandon Cox: God is quite creative. All you have to do is look up and around you and you’ll see a world filled with wonder, with color, in mesmerizing detail. Often when people express themselves creatively, even when they aren’t producing specifically […]
The Rare and Valuable Gift of Gratitude
The Rare and Valuable Gift of Gratitude .et_post_meta_wrapper by Brandon Cox: Researchers agree with what has been written in scripture for two thousand years – gratitude is powerful! Expressing thanks actually releases endorphins in our brains that cause us to feel happiness. One of the most valuable practices you can […]
You Have Everything You’ll Ever Really Need Forever
You Have Everything You’ll Ever Really Need Forever .et_post_meta_wrapper by Brandon Cox: My nine-year-old asked me the other day, “If I ask Santa for a laptop, he’ll get me one, right?” To which I simply replied, “Probably not.” Some of us view God as a sort of genie in the […]
Your Pain Always Has a Point
Your Pain Always Has a Point .et_post_meta_wrapper by Brandon Cox: A. W. Tozer once said, “It is doubtful whether God can bless a man greatly until he has hurt him deeply.” Tozer wrote those words in a previous generation of Christianity. He did not intend to imply that God wishes […]
The Number One Killer Of Church Planters, Part 2
Home > Blog > The Number One Killer Of Church Planters, Part 2 The Number One Killer Of Church Planters, Part 2 By Ben Connelly In part 1, we examined the names and faces of pride in Scripture. In part 2, we will continue this discussion with Israel’s leaders and […]
4 Ways to Show You’re Really ‘In Love’ with Your Spouse
4 Ways to Show You’re Really ‘In Love’ with Your Spouse .et_post_meta_wrapper I first met my wife in high school. I was a senior, she was a junior, and we were seven lockers apart. We met. We talked… a LOT. We fell in love. That phrase is actually a pretty good […]
10 Signs Your Leadership Is Driven By Selfish Ambition
by Carey Nieuwhof: Let’s ask an awkward, difficult, and at times piercing question: What motivates your ambition? That’s an important question to ask. Why? Because if you don’t ask it, I promise everyone else around you will. Mostly I don’t like that question because I don’t like the answer to that question. […]