START WITH THE HEART - Confronting Conflict Part 2

February 1, 2016

To After a week off due to last week's blizzard, we're back in action at The Well with Part 2 in the CONFRONTING CONFLICT series, titled "START WITH THE HEART".

The main point of this week's message was that the first priority in facing conflict needs to be: ME FIRST, US SECOND. In other words, I need to examine myself - my motivation, my goal, what I want out of this conversation - before I look at the person in front of me in the conversation. ME first, US second.

We also talked about how to properly diagnose when a conversation has moved from "casual" to "critical" and what that means.

THE PATH TO PERFECTION - God's Ethics Part 5

November 24, 2014

“Therefore you shall be PERFECT, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.”
Matthew 5:48

Perfect? YEAH RIGHT! Are you kidding me? Is that even possible? That's the question that we discussed yesterday in the Week 5 series finale of God's Ethics: Realigning Your Moral Compass.

The key is in understanding what the word "perfect" really means. If you define it as "sinless" or "without any blemish", then you're going to feel frustrated and discouraged. But is that how Jesus meant it?

I say NO! And I invite you to check out the message above to see for yourself. You'll discover that perfection isn't at all what you think it is and that actually, it's a lot more within your reach than you realize.

The Day I Discovered that Blue Isn't Purple

September 11, 2013

I hate being wrong. Of course no one enjoys it when they are mistaken, but some people tend to be more experienced at it than others and therefore better able to deal with it (wink wink).

Once upon a time, back when I was just a young lad in 4th grade, I learned a valuable lesson about self-deception. I learned that being “wrong” is bad; but what’s worse is being wrong and having everyone else realize it except you.

My 4th grade teacher had given us an assignment to create a large poster with all the creatures of the sea that we had just learned about in class. So I – being a studious young man from a young age – took great care to systematically go through the chapter and draw each animal that the textbook mentioned (we didn’t need to draw them all, but as you can see I was an overachiever from a young age).

What is Integrity?

June 12, 2012

Integrity. What does it mean? How would you define it? More importantly, do you have it? Would those around you say that you are full of it?

Integrity is not an easy word to define. It’s one of those words that people define in different ways. But I define integrity as this: HONESTY. Integrity is living a life of honesty – a life where I am who I say I am, and my deeds are visibly in line with my words.

Integrity comes from the same root word as “integer” – meaning one, or not divided. A life of integrity is a life where you are one person, not many people. You’re the same person on Sunday mornings as you are on Monday mornings. You’re the same person in front of the spotlight as you are when no one’s looking. Integrity. One. Honesty.

As much as we demand honesty from others, there’s one person that we are willing to put up with some dishonesty from. There’s one person that deals with us dishonestly on a regular basis and we accept it and don’t say a word. Who? OURSELVES!

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