Vacation And The Law Of The Indispensible
Monday, June 2nd, 2008 Posted in Family, Pastoral Issues, Roger Ferrell | 11 Comments »It's Sunday night and its been a long 14-hour day of work pastoring a church. And know what? I feel great. Know why? I just got back from a glorious 13-day vacation. Now I know what you are thinking. 13 ...
The Dating Dilemma
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008 Posted in Family, Tony Sisk | 63 Comments »Today's post is in honor of my oldest daughter's birthday. She turns eleven today and is maturing into a bee-yoo-tee-ful young lady. I want to have her best interests at heart and my wife and I have spent much time ...
On Black Sheep and Lost Sheep
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008 Posted in Evangelism, Family, Tony Sisk | 8 Comments »I want in this post to pose to our readers a question that is a devilishly hard one to answer. I believe it is one that, were we each to search our hearts, it is one we have asked of ...
Video Game Addiction & The Church
Friday, March 7th, 2008 Posted in Church Life, Culture, Family, Roger Ferrell | 8 Comments »I am the father of two boys and a girl. My kids all have various interests, from sword-fighting to trampoline-jumping to playing in the woods to raising chickens to reading. But they also all spend some time playing video games. ...
Reporting Sexual Abuse
Thursday, February 21st, 2008 Posted in Bowden McElroy, Church Life, Family, Pastoral Issues | 17 Comments »"As a pastor, do I have to report sexual abuse?" The question above was a search phrase that sent someone to my web site. I hope they found what they were looking for. Just in case I haven't spelled ...
The Real Dangerous Book For Boys… and Girls
Friday, February 1st, 2008 Posted in Bible, Books, Culture, Evangelism, Family, Roger Ferrell | 13 Comments »Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one ...
A Different Drummer
Monday, January 28th, 2008 Posted in Bowden McElroy, Culture, Family | 5 Comments »WARNING: MINI-RANT BELOW. I usually strive to look at life from different angles. I've been accused of marching to the beat of a different drummer (my wife has said it's not that I hear a different beat, but that I ...
Character Formation in Children: Not a By-product
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008 Posted in Discipleship, Family, Tony Sisk | 16 Comments »I wrote this post over a year ago at my personal blog after attending a homeschooling conference. Schooling issues are something we have not discussed much here at Impact if at all and after Roger's stellar post a few days ...
Got Life? Get A life.
Thursday, January 17th, 2008 Posted in Baptist Life, Family, Pastoral Issues, Roger Ferrell | 14 Comments »Mind if I share with you about my life as a pastor and church planter? Oh, wait, those aren't my only roles. Maybe I should say my life as a husband, father, friend - and gardener. A few months back I ...
Missions and Family
Thursday, January 3rd, 2008 Posted in David Rogers, Family, Ministry, Missions | 16 Comments »In my missionary ministry, I have determined not to intentionally do anything that I know will cause my immediate family to suffer, whether spiritually, emotionally, or physically. This determination has caused me, on several occasions, to make some very difficult ...
