Some recent posts, ideas, thoughts, podcasts, articles, rants etc
Online Pastor Job Description
COVID-19 forced many churches online for the first time ... and the success of live streaming and social media ministry may have you considering building a staff team around online services. If so, this is for you. Attached is a list of JOB DESCRIPTIONS for online...
Getting People In Your Church Post COVID-19
The big question in Church circles right now is how to get people engaged or re-engaged in the church post COVID-19. How do we reach new people? How do we re-engage "former" people? How do we get the people who watched our service online during the pandemic into our...
What Does Psalm 23 Really Mean?
What does Psalm 23 really mean? What is a "green pasture"? What are "paths of righteousness"? Get ready to have a new understanding of this famous Psalm! If you'd like to find out more about IsraelU, you can check out their website here, subscribe to their YouTube...
Where Is God When Life Is Hard?
Have you ever wondered where God is when life gets hard? Here is a video I did with the team at IsraelU, in which we show you that when you're in a desert season ... don't ask God WHEN can I get out of the desert, ask God WHAT can I get out of the desert!If you'd like...
6 Things I Learned About The Church During COVID-19.
Here are SIX things I learned about the Church during the COVID-19 quarantine 1. YouTube, Instagram, FaceBook, Zoom and online platforms can be sacred places where people can commune with the Divine, and be in community. 2. Online worship doesn't have to...
How to depend on God
What does it mean to depend on God? I think we all want to depend on God more, right? But let's be honest ... sometimes it can be hard to even know what that means. When you go to ancient sites in the Holy Land, you often find cisterns dug into the ground for storing...
Best places for Christians to visit in Israel
Visiting the Holy Land is on the bucket list of most followers of Jesus. Standing in the places that you've read about in the Bible, or walking in the footsteps of Jesus, can completely transform your faith. After leading a handful of trips to Israel, I can tell you...
Trusting God in tough times
If life has worn you down, this post is for you. In the harshest and hottest desert in the Holy Land—the Judean wilderness—is an oasis called Ein Gedi, which is the natural spring that King David of the Bible fled to when he was running for his life. Ein-Gedi, the...
How I grew new followers on my Instagram by 361% in one week!
Okay, so I know that when you read or click on a headline like this, you don’t want any backstory to the idea that led to the increase—you just want the details. You want the information, not the inspiration. I get it. So I’ll include the why to the how at the...
Stop cold calling God
Are you ready for a new perspective of prayer? I hate getting cold calls to my house. Whenever a company calls—usually at the most inopportune times—trying to convince me why their product is something I need, it just seems selfish. Am I the only one? But those calls...