by Jimmy | Mar 12, 2019 | Blog, Christianity, Following Christ, Life, Ministry, Pain
You ever have something you want to say, but you know you probably shouldn’t? I know the feeling. Truth be told, I’ve written this blog post a dozen times, and never hit “Publish.” Why? Well, it’s pretty simple. See, right or wrong, when...
by Jimmy | Nov 7, 2018 | Blog, Culture, Current Events, Faith, Life, Politics
Here is a list of where Jesus stands on the day after the election: Jesus loves people who favor stricter gun control. Jesus loves people who oppose stricter gun control. Jesus loves people who want to raise taxes. Jesus loves people who want to lower taxes. Jesus...
by Jimmy | Aug 22, 2018 | Blog, Leadership, Life Hacks, Management, Productivity
If you and I sat down over coffee and compared “to do” lists, I’ll bet we’d have one thing in common more often than not: each of our lists would have a few items that have been on there for a while that we just never seem to get to. In my...
by Jimmy | Jul 25, 2018 | Blog, Leadership
[DISCLAIMER: Experience tells me that somebody is about to get offended, so right off the bat it needs to be said that I am SO THANKFUL for Ryan Rasmussen, our elders, and leaders at First Christian Church – Canton! They are awesome guys, and in NO WAY does what...
by Jimmy | Mar 27, 2018 | Blog
If you’re looking for some good tunes to get you through the holiday weekend, here you go!
by Jimmy | Aug 24, 2017 | Blog, Leadership, Leadership
Over the past few weeks, I’ve had several conversations with friends who are considering looking for a mentor to help them grow their leadership. This post is a few thoughts that I usually share with people who are beginning that process. For what it’s...
by Jimmy | Aug 18, 2017 | Blog
Some of the best free resources out there for growing and learning are podcasts. Over the past few years, as podcasts have grown in popularity, literally thousands of new podcasts have flooded the web. It can be exhausting sifting through them to find the really good...
by Jimmy | Aug 2, 2017 | Blog, Christianity, Following Christ, Life, Pain
What do you do when it starts raining and then it never stops? Somebody asked me that question yesterday. I was sitting across the table as this friend poured out the details of some really difficult things that are going on in his family right now. Really difficult...
by Jimmy | May 12, 2017 | Blog, Sermons
What if I told you that God doesn’t want your life to be chaos? In the first week of our series studying through the book of Titus, we explored the idea that because God loves us, He has something better in mind for us than for our lives to be a stressful,...
by Jimmy | Jul 18, 2016 | Blog, Christianity, Faith, Following Christ, Life, Pain, Prayer, Sermons, Video
Each of us experiences moments where we feel like God has forgotten about it, or failed to show up in a time of need or desperation. When life doesn’t go the way we planned, our gut reaction is to blame God for not coming through. When we pray for God to save or...