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Prayer and Fasting in the Life of a Pastor
Prayer and fasting is one of the most neglected spiritual disciplines in the life of the pastor. We know that prayer and fasting was not only a part of the lifestyle of many major leaders in the Scripture, but even in the life of Jesus Christ. Therefore, I want to focus on prayer and fasting in the life of the pastor.
What Is It?
Fasting is abstinence from food with a spiritual goal in mind. It is when you neglect the most natural thing your body desires, which is food, in order to pursue the God of heaven to do something supernatural in your life. Prayer and fasting is not a hoop you jump through in order to try to catch the attention of God. It is far more significant than a self-determined tactic to get God's attention. We cannot manipulate God.
2 Things Not to Do as a Teacher of God's Word
Teaching people about Jesus through the Scriptures is one of my favorite things to do. But over the years, I've discovered bad habits that I had to overcome.
If you teach at all, I'd guess that you struggle with things like this too. So I thought it might be helpful to list a few things we tend to do that I believe to be outside of our "job description" as teachers.
As a teacher your job is not to …
7 Strategies for Taking Your Community by Storm
Fellow pastors and church leaders, we are in a battle for souls. The Bible encourages us to "endure hardship as a soldier."
This is not to say that we are at war with people, and we need to be very careful to realize that the war we are involved in is spiritual in nature. In fact, the war we are engaged in is far more important than any earthly one. The implications of our war are eternal.
Victory is not a matter of who will be in charge politically or who will control natural resources. It's a battle that will determine how many people we can rescue from sin forever. We're talking about souls for eternity.
Pastors' Wives Deserve Empathy, Respect Too
The letters and comments are pouring in from our recent article on the pastor's wife.
I suppose it should not surprise me—weirdness is everywhere—but some people were angry that we called the pastor's wife "the most vulnerable person in church." One guy gave a long list of people, mostly the hurting seekers who arrive at church hoping to find a word of encouragement or a helping hand, who come before her.
There is no question that churches are filled with seeking, hurting, vulnerable people. Ranking them in order of desperation and need is pointless, since we are to be ministering to them all.
5 Legitimate Fears of a Church Planter
Having planted two churches and now working with church planters on a regular basis in a coaching capacity, I know first hand the fears associated with the situation. It's a leap of faith and one God is calling many to these days.
My theory here is that recognizing the fear and realizing their legitimacy is part of guarding our hearts against them. The fact remains that for a church plant to be successful, at least in Kingdom terms, God must provide His grace.
Here are 5 legitimate fears of church planters:
4 Tips to Prevent You From Becoming an Abusive Leader
I just got off the phone with a good friend. He is in a situation where the leader of his congregation is abusing the power that God has given him. As we talked about this I said, "Often a leader will surround himself with weak, yes-men, so no one will ever challenge him. Other gifted, strong leaders will be pushed aside, even though they could help build the vision, because the leader is threatened."
My friend added, "In the end, he becomes the emperor with no clothes. And no one will tell him."
Here are four ways to keep from becoming an insecure, abusive leader that produces little or rotten fruit.
6 Keys to Accelerating Small Group Ministry Growth
Once you make the decision that small groups will be your primary (or only) delivery system for connection and discipleship, it only makes sense to look for ways to accelerate small group ministry growth and impact.
Here are what I've found to be 6 keys:
1. Your senior pastor must become the primary spokesperson and champion. Although I've not ranked these 6 keys in order of importance, there is no question that this a very important key. If you want to build a thriving small group ministry, there is no workaround for the absence of this key. See also "Your Senior Pastor as Small Group Champion Leads to a Church of Groups."
10 Things People Want Before They Will Give to Your Church
It's common sense: Church leaders can't expect people to grow in generosity if it's not talked about.
While some leaders try to avoid the topic at all costs, the truth is most churchgoers aren't as resistant to talking about money as we think. In fact, many already give to a variety of organizations and causes.
This shows there is a gap to fill between what we know the Bible says about money and our willingness to act on what we know.
Talking about money in church can be tough for the person on the platform and the person in the crowd. But it's not impossible to do—and do well. You just need to better understand what to say and when to say it.
The One Key to Achieving Social Media Success
If you're operating social media for yourself or for your church and you're trying to grow your platform, I'm sure you've heard the one key to social media success is this: "Content is king."
But have you ever wondered: What exactly does that mean? Does it mean that "if I build it, they will come"? Does it mean all I have to do is have a well-written article and hundreds of people will line up to read it?
If you've tried this, I'm guessing you know it doesn't necessarily work.
If you haven't tried it, let me save you some grief and wasted hours—there's more to it than that.
Dan Reiland: Beefs and Bouquets
For more than 30 years now, through three churches and a season of church consulting, I've keep two unique files. One is titled Beefs. The other is titled Bouquets. It may sound a little strange, but it has proven to be a great tool for reflection on both sides of a life given to ministry.
Ministry always has two sides, and much like God's Word, there is grace and law. Most of us prefer the former over the latter, but they both represent an equally important part of reality.
What the Church Can Learn From Encountering Osama bin Laden
I was recently watching a History Channel special on the days of 9/11. They highlighted many of the issues and misconceptions they feel contributed to the disaster.
I think the church could learn some valuable lessons from those.
1. It can happen to us. The U.S. had gotten to the point where it felt it were protected "by the great bodies of water" that bordered its country. So it never seriously considered a group could infiltrate to that level.
8 Types of Power Groups in Churches
This topic will cause some discomfort for many of you. The very thought of the presence of power groups seems contrary to the spirit and grace of the gospel. But power groups are very real in churches.
Perhaps our comfort level can increase a bit by calling the groups "influencers" rather than power groups. Choose your label. The fact of the matter is that most churches have a clearly known group that carries the most influence in the church. And it is not unusual for that group to have a clearly known leader.
Why Good Ideas Find the Graveyard
We've all seen it before. The team meeting went exceptionally well and everyone is energized by ideas that could greatly improve the church.
But only six months later, conversations about "What will happen when … ?" have degenerated into "What ever happened to … ?" The initiative that once had everyone excited eventually landed in the "graveyard of good ideas."
There are a few common reasons why good ideas fail. Understanding those barriers is key to ensuring they never get in the way again …
Rick Warren: How to Get Through What You're Going Through
In their return to Saddleback Church after the death of their son, Pastor Rick and Kay Warren share the very personal story of Matthew and his battle with mental illness. They explore the stages of loss that they are walking through with honesty and transparency, teaching us how to do the same in the tough and tragic times of our lives; reminding us that through it all, God is with us and loves us; and urging us to follow Paul's teaching in 2 Corinthians 1:4-6—to comfort others in their troubles as God comforts us.
David Vigil: The Decapitated Church
When studying church history, some of the most fascinating individuals we meet are the martyrs. These are the untold multitudes who, when given a simple opportunity to deny Christ, found it easier to stand for their faith and die rather than disavow the One who was sacrificed in their stead.
They faced agony and torture of a magnitude that so few of us can comprehend. They were flogged, impaled, crucified, eaten by lions, forced to fight to the death in coliseums and decapitated.
Were they not like us? Would they not have loved to live lives of peace and prosperity in the name of Christ instead? Would they not have loved to sit in our beautiful air-conditioned edifices with state-of-the-art sound, lights and videography?
10 Diseases That Make Churches Unhealthy
In the 1990s, Peter Wagner published The Healthy Church, a book describing several diseases that churches sometimes exhibit. Some of his descriptions are quite helpful (e.g., koinonitis = excessive, inward fellowship), and the list itself challenges readers to come up with their own descriptions.
Here are 10 diseases I see as I consult with unhealthy churches around the country:
What to Say to a Church Bully
(This is the type of article some church people will find objectionable. I'm fully aware of that and am willing to run the risk of the flack from writing it. If it results in one congregation standing up to a member who has held the church in a stranglehold and run off preacher after preacher, if it puts just one bully out of business, it'll be worth the flack. This is a far bigger problem than most people realize.)
No church bully thinks he's one. He's just (ahem) looking out for the interests of the church, since a) no one else seems to be willing to do it and b) even though it's a difficult task, he has the courage to step up and do this difficult thing.
Do You Live Your Theology?
Every once in a while, we have to sit down and balance our checkbook. We take the time to assess what we've spent and how we are doing financially.
In a similar way, from time to time we need to take a spiritual inventory and a full audit of our theology. As leaders, it is easy to get in the performance habit—living our faith so publicly—that we forget the deeper parts of life that really comprise our foundation.
With that in mind, let's take a look at a few of the basics.
7 Reasons to Dump Delegation
I have always strived to be a delegator. I know I've written posts on it before—how to do it successfully and that kind of garbage.
But that's before I knew the skinny on delegation. So, that's it. I'm done. No more delegation for me.
I'm dumping delegation for good. Here's what I discovered.
7 Problems With Delegation
8 Ways You Might Be Losing People in Your Sermons
Are you losing people when you preach? Do people check out during your sermons?
After listening to thousands of sermons and preaching quite a few myself, I have learned eight different ways that pastors lose people in their sermons.
1. Sloppy transitions. You just told a great story. It was funny and thought-provoking. But as soon as the story ended, you suddenly switched direction and started talking about something else.
Wait, what? Slow down. How did we get from that funny thing your kid did to some old guy in the Old Testament?
Where is the connection?
Self-Protecting Leaders Can Kill the Spirit of Your Team
I am one of those people who believes the best about other people.
In my career as a junior guy working his way up and as a CEO, I have met all sorts of leaders in the marketplace and, now, in the church world. I have noticed over the years that both leaders and managers in Christian settings (like churches or ministries) are engaged with much less cynicism by their junior people at the beginning of a relationship because there is this perception that a common set of spiritual rules are shared and believed.
50 Things I Tell Young Pastors
1. In all the world there are only three Christians who love change; none of them are in your church.
2. When you speak before an unfamiliar group, be careful what you say because you never know who is listening to you. You'll start to tell a story about some guy in your former church, and his mama is sitting right in front of you.
3. There will never be a time in your life when you know all the Bible and have your questions all answered; if you cannot serve Him with some gaps in your knowledge and preach without knowing everything, you're going to have a hard time.
Why We Multiply Everything, Including Churches and Campuses
When we planted Grace Church in a local movie theater two years ago, we assumed that one day we would have a more permanent location. Meeting in a theater is not without challenges, and we assumed we'd eventually have a place for offices and more permanent meeting space, etc.
We also had plans (which are currently in process) of sending out a planter and were excited about planting a new church. We think it is essential to plant and to do it early so that multiplication is part of the life of our church.
It's Time to Get 'Old School'
Why winning the battle for teens requires timeless elements
In the last few years, I've heard folks in ministry say the battle between good and evil is greater than ever. Many say it's because we are close to the Lord's return.
Sadly, however, it's my observation that few truly understand or wholeheartedly believe this. If they did, they would do more to fight back!
Christians can complain about how bad things are getting in our society, but what are we doing to oppose the forces of Satan, who does whatever it takes to "steal, kill and destroy"? When it comes to our youth in particular, what are we doing to rescue them? The truth is, many believers think they're doing all they can to reach the lost—especially teens—when in fact they're simply doing the same things they were doing years ago.
We each have a faith and a calling, and mine stems from a covenant I made with God that if He showed me He was real, I'd do whatever He asked—anytime, anywhere, anything.
He kept His end of the deal. And since my life-changing encounter with God, I've vowed to keep mine. Because of this, I now view life as if I were part of the spiritual equivalent to SEAL Team 6. Every day I live with the excitement of my next mission. When I consider the commitment and sacrifice of those real soldiers, I get pumped up knowing that this is my calling—to push myself harder, go further and do more!
By the power of the Holy Spirit, I stand for Jesus in my life, the media and Hollywood. For me, that includes relishing the opportunity to push the limits and go beyond the norm of what I think can be done. In my personal ministry, I often share that a part of my morning prayer is, "Lord, can I punch Satan in the face today and then run?"
I share all of this to dare you to do more, to smash the box of your normal thinking that you are doing all you can.
Back in the "old school" days, those who carried the torch of the gospel all had a similar zeal to do more—evangelists such as Sam Jones, Billy Sunday, D.L. Moody, Billy Graham. They understood what it meant to give everything for the sake of making Christ known. My philosophy, like theirs, is quite simple: The best way to impact this world for God's glory is to make more Christians.
There is no greater field for a harvest than today's youth. But equally as important as their conversion is the continual reminder of the knowledge of God's Word and direction of their path through prayer.
There is no greater satisfaction in this life than the peace that comes with the presence of God's Spirit. And there is no greater way to acquire this than through God's Word and prayer, God's Word and prayer, God's Word and prayer—developing a lifestyle based on these life-giving elements. Missions work is awesome, but young believers must be continually reminded that it's only by the Spirit of God leading them that they can know and do His will. They must know that their personal and ongoing relationship with Christ must be their primary focus, surpassing anything else.
In America, the spirit of darkness continues to deceive our Christian youth. Why is that? I'd argue that it's partly because we have them doing all kinds of other things without the rock-solid foundation of being in His Word every day and spending time with Him in prayer.
Did that just rub you the wrong way and offend you? Pray about it! Whoever you are, wherever you are in your ministry, I beg you to do more.
Take a chance and do more. Create a cool gospel track that turns teens' heads. Develop an innovative way to minister, or intentionally go after types and groups such as skaters. (A great resource for this is the Livin' It skate videos.) Get a handful of tickets to a relevant Christian music festival or an Acquire the Fire event. Then go to the mall, skate park or local kid hangout spot and give away these seeds of hope that, God willing, will take root and grow and bless the Lord.
Please know that I make these suggestions because they work. Even if you think these kids won't relate to you, these tools you pass on to them will. I've seen it with my own eyes, and you can make a difference. It's time to get "old school" and do more!
Stephen Baldwin is an actor, director, producer, author, talk radio host and motivational speaker. He periodically speaks to youth conferences around the country.
3 Vital Plans in Multiplying Leaders
I love simple, effective strategies. And the strategy Jesus used to multiply leaders before email, texts, iPads and even printed books was incredibly effective! He did it old school.
1. Educate (face to face). Jesus often took the disciples away to solitary places and taught them the mysteries of the kingdom.
We have to give those we lead the right information. They need to know things like job descriptions, goals, expectations, communication routes, vision and direction. As we look to equip leaders, communicating with them face to face lets them know how valuable they are to us.
Why the Best Leaders Are Sometimes Invisible
There is a pervasive stereotype that leaders are the ones in the limelight, the ones on stage, the extroverts with big personalities whose faces are on the front page. Like many stereotypes, I think this one is often unfair.
Some of the best leaders I know don't demand up-front attention, but their leadership is powerful because of the fruit it brings.
Their teams or organizations or the individuals who come in contact with them are grown and propelled forward by the vision they have and by their strength, even if their vision and strength are quiet and unassuming.
One of the reasons I think quiet leadership like this is so powerful is because the burden of responsibility is taken off one person and transferred to many.
A group of people living up to their full potential is truly more capable than a single person living up to his full potential. This is easy to admit. Which is better—one person who is living out the gospel or a group of people with unified vision and purpose, all contributing equally to the community in his or her own unique way?
The answer is obvious.
So a leader, then, might sometimes be the person from stage, teaching and explaining and casting vision, but a leader might just as often be the one who is discipling, training or just living a life worth mimicking behind the scenes.
Chances are, this is happening over coffee or lunch or at home or in an office. No stage (or lights) needed.
The other thing I love about this view of leadership is that it acts as an important reminder that we are all leaders, if we'll accept the job title.
We are leaders in our homes, with our families, in our marriages, at our work. We all have the opportunity to be someone who sets the tone for the year or the week or the day.
We can choose to not just respond to what life hands us but to set the pace, to cast vision, to inspire change.
When we do this, we suddenly start to impact people around us without even realizing we're doing it. Their lives will change as our lives change. We can make an impact without asking for any credit.
The final reason I love this view of leadership is that my favorite leaders are humble people.
Some of those very humble people are "limelight" people, in the sense that they are well-known and sometimes on stage. But none of them are begging for the attention or asking for praise. In fact, each of them are willing to work hard and live their life in an honest, congruent way.
Their main objectives are to do what God has called them to do and to help others discover and do the same. They're contributing to the kingdom in their unique way, and they're doing it to the very best of their ability. I know up-front people who are doing this, and I know behind-the-scenes people who are doing it. But all of them are humble.
And people are noticing and changing.
It doesn't take fame or notoriety to live this way. In fact, it doesn't take anything other than just a willingness to work hard, be humble and welcome the grace of Jesus.
With more than a dozen years of local church ministry, Justin Lathrop has spent the last several years starting businesses and ministries that partner with pastors and churches to advance the kingdom. He is the founder of Helpstaff.me (now Vanderbloemen Search), Oaks School of Leadership, and MinistryCoach.tv, all while staying involved in the local church. Justin serves as a consultant in the area of strategic relations predominantly working with the Assemblies of God, helping to build bridges with people and ministries to more effectively reach more people.
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How Will We Reach the 'Nones'?
Emma grew up in a small town her whole life. She dated and had a steady boyfriend for two years, until he succumbed to the ribbing of his football teammates and tried drugs for the first time. After learning of his new found habit, Emma's parents forbid her to see him. But after spending most of her time with him and his friends for the previous two years, she never really found a place to belong again. The local churches' youth groups were nonexistent; her sister had her own friends, and failed attempts to make the school's sports teams left her feeling rejected. At home, she often saw and heard her parents fighting about money and didn't get the attention she wanted from a distracted mom consumed with trying to keep her marriage together.
A Word to the Pastor's Wife From a Pastor's Wife
I love being a pastor's wife. It truly is who God has called me to be in this season of life. Everyday is not easy, but when I'm serving as God intended for me to serve, I'm never more fulfilled in life.
That's why I decided to share this advice to pastor's wives. (I understand my husband has lots of pastors who read his blog. I hope they will share this with their spouse.)
Here is my advice:
Don't try to be something you are not … and … Don't be afraid to be yourself.
The Lonely Pastor: 9 Observations
The conversation took place recently. A young man told me his dad, a pastor, recently committed suicide. He talked about the pain his father experienced in ministry as well as the intense loneliness.
Though suicide is not an inevitable outcome, I do know the number of pastors experiencing loneliness is high—very high. I hurt for these pastors, and I want to help in any way I can. Perhaps my nine observations can be a starting point for a healthy discussion on this important matter.
Information Highway: Communicate How You Communicate
Recently I was visiting a church in the heart of a retirement community. The pastor got up and was astoundingly relevant. "There are five ways we tell you what's going on here," he said. He held up his hand and counted on his fingers: "The bulletin, the sign, the website, our mailer and announcements."
He paused and then joked, "If you still don't know what's going on, then I have a hunch you're just not with it!"
I don't know if this was the pastor's typical practice, but as a guest, it was a huge leg up in knowing where to find the information about how to get involved.
Can Evaluation Really Contribute to Church Health?
It's common knowledge that men are far less likely to go to the doctor than women. While that may not be very shocking, one of the justifications for their reluctance to schedule a check-up is intriguing. Many men don't go to the doctor because they don't want to find out something is wrong.
This idea of "what I don't know can't hurt me" is part of the reason women's life expectancy has long outpaced men. The average U.S. woman lives to be 81.3, while a man's average life span is 76.2 years.
Churches that value and welcome assessments can expect health and growth.
Churches That Give It Away
Recently the Table Project, a private social network for your church, announced that it was being acquired by Gateway Church in Dallas. Now Gateway is a big church—one of the fastest-growing in the country, with more than 25,000 people. But a church acquiring a tech company? That's different.
I love seeing the church do more than Sunday morning. I love seeing the church do more than VBS or neighborhood outreach. I love seeing the church do more than missions. All of those things are great, but I especially love seeing churches giving back to other churches.
7 Ways God Will Evaluate Your Faithfulness
Pastors and leaders, I'm going to give you a sneak peek at your final exam. You're going to stand before God one day, and He's going to evaluate your faithfulness. He's going to look at seven different aspects of your life to judge your faithfulness, and you should be highly interested in developing these areas of your life and leadership.
1. Do you possess the right values? A faithful person knows what's important in life and what isn't important in life. A faithful person knows how to invest his or her life. A faithful person makes their life count. A faithful person knows the significant apart from the trivial.
7 Ways to Create a Courageous Organizational Culture
Courage is not just a personal trait. It's an organizational trait as well.
And we all want, in some way, to be part of an organization and team that demonstrates courage. That is willing to push up the hill, against the odds, beyond all doubts to achieve results and impact what most thought not possible.
So here are a few points about creating a courageous organizational culture:
5 Keys to Developing Financial Leaders in Your Church
Most church leaders who don't have a plan for engaging financial leaders in their church lack one for these two reasons:
1. The belief that engaging financial leaders will make them feel as if all the church cares about is their money or it shows favoritism to certain givers.
2. The lack of confidence to engage financial leaders in a way that encourages them to become significant givers.
However, as churches look to climb out of the tough times caused by the recession, we can no longer exclude anyone—including those with financial means—when it comes to developing a giving ministry. At the same time, confidence is developed when we know the proper techniques to use and the right questions to ask.
Teen Mania Gets Youth All Fired Up
In a world that has become so wrapped up in social media like Facebook, Instagram and avatars, has the live event lost it place? Has the "not forsaking the assembling of ourselves" become relegated to a computer screen or a smartphone (Heb. 10:25)?
I recently watched a group of young girls sitting at the same table in the food court of a trendy mall and laughing. Though there's nothing unusual about that, what caught my attention was that they weren't talking to each other; they were feverishly texting back and forth. Their laughter wasn't a result of what they were saying to each other, but rather what they were texting to each other. In our digital age, have we lost even our most fundamental art of conversation?
Joe McKeever: The Abrasive Christian Shouldn't Teach God's Word
This week, in Lynne Olson's Those Angry Days: Roosevelt, Lindbergh and America's Fight Over World War II, 1939-1941, I found this interesting depiction of Harold Ickes, a member of FDR's cabinet during the Second World War:
"According to T. H. Watkins, Ickes' biographer, 'a world without something in it to make him angry would have been incomprehensible to him.' A disgruntled Republican senator who had been the target of one of Ickes' verbal assaults called him 'a common scold puffed up by high office.' To one cabinet colleague, Ickes was 'Washington's tough guy.' To another, he was the 'president's attack dog.'"
How to Establish an Unshakeable Foundation for Your Youth
Half of all Christian students will walk away from their faith in college. How can your church confront that statistic and help teens establish a deep faith before stepping on campus?
As young people from your church graduate high school, how they develop in the years that follow will determine not only their destiny, but also the destiny of the American church. Pastors enjoy a certain delight and privilege in helping to guide the lives of the families that look to their wisdom and spiritual leadership for navigating the tumultuous waters of life.
This is especially true as many parents enter the minefield of determining a course of direction for their recent high school graduates. Since these early years are so important, we must be very careful to help parents set up their young adults for success, no matter how unconventional the approach may be.
3 Big Things You Should Believe for Your Church
"Those who were scattered went everywhere preaching the word. ... Philip went down to the city of Samaria and preached Christ. ... And the multitudes with one accord heeded the things spoken by Philip, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did. ... And there was great joy in that city" (Acts 8:4-8)
I've been thinking on this passage for a couple of days, and the more I read it, the more I see.
My faith is being challenged and my vision is being expanded.
Are you willing to believe God by actually beginning to act in faith on these three components of kingdom domination displayed by the first church in the book of Acts?
2 Questions to Help You Discover Your Calling
I spent most of my 20s floundering around, trying to figure out what I was "supposed" to do with my life. Actually, from the outside, it probably didn't look much like floundering (I went to college, graduate school and got a great job). But on the inside, I felt lost. Chaotic. Confused. And really curious as to what it meant to find my "true calling."
So by the time I was in my mid-20s, I had followed all the rules of adult life and had many of the things a "grown-up" was supposed to have, but I still didn't feel like my life had deep meaning.
I still didn't know what I was here for.
What was my calling? Did God give everyone a calling? How was I supposed to find mine?
Inspired by the story of the Rich Young Ruler and encouragement from a friend, I quit my job, sold everything I owned, moved out of my apartment and set off on a road trip to discover my true calling. I learned so much while I traveled, but perhaps the most important thing I learned was what it means to discover a deep and meaningful purpose for your life.
Based on that experience, here are two questions I think you can ask yourself if you want to discover what God has called you to do.
1. What am I passionate about? I was always so scared to ask this question—or to answer it—because although I would call myself a passionate person, my passions sort of scared me. If I were to follow my passions—really follow them—where would they lead me?
I wasn't sure.
And besides, weren't passions kind of selfish and frivolous? Wasn't I supposed to chase what God wanted for my life instead of what I wanted? Wasn't that what being a Christian was all about?
What I discovered when I started to uncover my passions—and admit them—was that my desires and dreams could actually act like a window to what God wanted for me. Talking about my passions helped to unlock my purpose in life.
For me, this looked like quitting my job to chase my lifelong dream of traveling across the country and writing a book about it. And yes, in the beginning, the "passion" was a little bit crazy and unbridled and even a tiny bit selfish.
But as I submitted my passion to God and invited Him into the journey with me, the passion has grown and matured to be something deep and beautiful and lasting. And it continues to grow in this way, as long as I allow him to be part of it.
2. Where do I see my passion changing others? This is important because if I ask the first question without asking the second question, I might end up chasing my "dream" of becoming a singer/songwriter.
And why not? I love to sing in the shower and the car and into my bedroom mirror with my brush as a microphone.
I assure you, if I were to chase that passion, the world would not be a better place. I mean, I love to sing, but I love to sing far more than other people love to listen to me sing, if you know what I mean.
Maybe you love to golf, but you have to ask yourself: How is the world being changed by your golf game? Maybe you love drinking coffee, but how can you help people and serve people and reach people with that passion?
It's certainly possible. Callings come in all shapes and sizes. But it's important to ask the question.
Of course, this isn't a perfect formula. I'm not pretending like it's failproof or that callings are cut and dry or that they don't sometimes flux and change in different seasons.
Right now, I'm called to write. But I believe later in life I will be called to be a mom, and maybe even a grandma, and probably a whole host of other things too. I believe we have more than one calling in a lifetime and that our callings are constantly unfolding.
But I guess the biggest tragedy would be if we didn't believe we had a calling at all or we didn't believe that it mattered so we ignored our passions altogether or ignored our capacity for serving and connecting to others.
Please don't let that happen. The world will be a better place when more of us wake up to what we were put on this earth to do.
Allison Vesterfelt is a Christian author. Her book Packing Light: Thoughts on Living Life With Less Baggage was recently released.
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5 Items for a New Pastor's 'To Do' List
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HELP! I have spider mites!
I just found a two-spotted spider might on my Pleiospilos nelii Split Rock. How can I get rid of them for good? This is a new plant for me. I got it Nov 16th, 2012, so I would think the mites were on the plant when I got it.
What should I do?
Time for chemical warfare. Mites are hard shelled spiders and are harder to kill than most insects. If you don't want to go chemical, I don't know what the options are. If you want effective chemical treatment, go to a good greenhouse/nursery and get a miticide. If the label does not specifically mention mites, it probably won't work.
The good news is you don't have to treat it NOW, like you do if you find scale or the Spider Mites with the webs. Like those problems though, you should quarantine the plant.
I have only found one mite so far, I just spent a few minutes looking for more, but didn't see any. I'll keep looking for more. I did kill the one. I have small stone around the plant. Should I take it all off so I can see the under side of the leaves?
The one mite i killed was crawling around on the top of the plant.
not now? no no absolutely attack them right NOW! smash what you can see, they do make webs just not noticable until fully infested, and are actually quite soft...and easily smashed, just too numerous and small for that to work well, you can use several non chem treatments, neem, Pyrethrum, not on your split rock tho, most things will be too harsh for its tender skin.
Theres a recipe on the indoor pot growing sites,mostly vingar and lemon juice, it works great but wash it of or it will burn em too.
Ill always go back to the no pest strips for mites, I havnt found another thing that will actually eradicate those little bastards, they ride wind currents, mature in 3-9 days, reproduce like crazy, and can build a hard little shell when conditions arent favorable, it protects them for some time. You can find them at any big box store, cheap too!
I wouldnt be so quick to blame the split rock or the place you acquired it, there were record spider mite damage to crops all though KY OH and most of their neighboring states, you could actually have thousands of them hiding in a small collection and never see them, if you found one...well you know...
They like it hot and dry too, much like most succulents, troublesome...
best of luck
nip em in the bud now, before you awake to a writhing mass that was once a treasured plant...
Forbid and Fluromite are both excellent miticides and are pretty much mite/white fly specific. I don't like using insecticides, especially a broad spectrum insecticide. I have resorted to one for Broad mites in the past and was very happy with Forbid.
This is from a search for "spider mite insecticides" for what it's worth.
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Spider mites frequently become a problem after applying insecticides. Such outbreaks are commonly a result of the insecticide killing off the mites� natural enemies but also occur when certain insecticides stimulate mite reproduction. For example, spider mites exposed to carbaryl (Sevin) in the laboratory have been shown to reproduce faster than untreated populations. Carbaryl, some organophosphates, and some pyrethroids apparently also favor spider mites by increasing the level of nitrogen in leaves. Insecticides applied during hot weather usually appear to have the greatest effect, causing dramatic spider mite outbreaks within a few days.
If a treatment for mites is necessary, use selective materials, preferably insecticidal soap or insecticidal oil. Both petroleum-based horticultural oils and plant-based oils such as neem, canola, or cottonseed oils are acceptable. There are also a number of plant extracts formulated as acaricides (a pesticide that kills mites) that exert an effect on spider mites. These include garlic extract, clove oil, mint oils, rosemary oil, cinnamon oil and others. Don�t use soaps or oils on water-stressed plants or when temperatures exceed 90�F. These materials may injure some plants, so check labels and/or test them out on a portion of the foliage several days before applying a full treatment. Oils and soaps must contact mites to kill them, so excellent coverage, especially on the undersides of leaves, is essential, and repeat applications may be required.
Sulfur sprays can be used on some vegetables, fruit trees, and ornamentals. This product will burn cucur�bits and other plants in some cases. Don�t use sulfur unless it has been shown to be safe for that plant in your locality. Use liquid products such as sulfur and potash soap combinations (e.g., Safer Brand 3-in-1 Garden Spray) rather than sulfur dusts, which drift easily and can be breathed in. Don�t use sulfur if temperatures exceed 90�F, and don�t apply sulfur within 30 days of an oil spray. Sulfur is a skin irritant and eye and respiratory hazard, so always wear appropriate protective clothing.
similar results for pyrethrum...
While i dont like or use either, they are different than the other chems mentioned...I mean really the definition of a chemical is pretty broad...
Im again going to chat no pest strip... when you compare the cost and the fact that all you do is hang something up, vs. multiple sprayings of some pretty gnarly, hard to acquire stuff, its just a no brainer to me...not to mention most of those sprays will ruin the look of most succulents... plus the strips actually iradicates them, most stuff will just kill them...not kill them all...
are you actually talking about Fly strips? the sticky hanging ribbons,,?
are mites actually attracted to those? this is very interesting,,,
i hung up a cpl for like a Mnth before a single 'gnat' ever even got stuck on one,,,
so im really curious about this? in what proximity to the plant should it hang?
..they would venture from their web to the strip?
Lots of options! Thanks everyone for your input.
I looked up the No Pest Strips online. If I understand them right. The pests don't stick to them. The strips let off something into the air that kills the pests.
How safe are these strips to live with in one's house? I'm not sure if I like the idea of breathing in something that kills the pests. I could see maybe using them in a greenhouse, one doesn't usually live in a greenhouse...personal exposure would be minimal.
I have also read about using soap with water in a spray bottle. Does this method have any affect?
So far I still have only seen the one mite (I killed that one). My Pleiospilos nelii Split Rock plant isn't very large and there aren't really any good places for the mites to hide.
Does anyone know if the mites could live in the soil at the base of my plant?
Thanks again for all the input.
um mrlike2u, you may want to pick up a chemistry textbook or the msds for pyrethrum for that matter. the natural origin is completely irrelevant to the question of whether a substance is a chemical. neem oil, pyrethrum, the chysanthemum used to make the pyrethrum, heck even water are all chemicals, for that matter the person typing this is a big chemical bag filled with chemicals.
You don't want the "no pest strip" but a sticky trap. They are the same idea as those hanging fly traps. They don't use any poisons that I am aware of. I use them for fungus gnats and white flies. I've never heard of them being used for spider mites but it wouldn't hurt to try. The ones I use are yellow and about the size of an index card. You can also make your own using yellow cardstock. You spread a mix of vaseline and white glue on them then hang them near the infested plants.
Here is a link that might be useful: yellow sticky traps
To Everyone Who Has Posted,
I would like to thank those who have given me advice on my problem.
I would also like to express my disappointment to those who would rather bicker about chemicals than answer my question. All I wanted was some suggestions on how to fix my problem.
Please do not comment to my post unless you have a good suggestion or answer to my question. I will research your suggestions and chose the one that I think will work best for my situation.
Thanks for that bit of red text, matt, semantics, all semantics...
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I think that covers most things on the periodic table...
anyway the no pest strip is air borne poison, not a sticky trap, I hate using them in living areas and now that i have a family i dont do it...I doubt they would end up on a sticky trap, but they are cheap why not try one?
The only reason i keep sayin no pest strip...is experience...I have seen those 2 spotted mites literally turn plants into one big grey spider web, ive seen them in feeding balls on my elephant ears, feeding balls as big as a marble... they can explode in a matter of weeks and decimate your all your plants just as fast...
Yes could be in the soil, or on the soil, like i said they have the ability to grow a hard shell and sit for weeks, re emerging when they feel the time is right.
I come from a strong ag. background while I may put my foot in my mouth alot, I do have an idea what im talking about here, these guys are my nemisis, they are a breeze to kill, just touch them, but to eliminate them...HA! good luck
the fact that they are a tropical species that can do literally millions upon millions of dollars worth of damage to crops in temperate climates says alot about them, not much else does that, I could be wrong but they are considered the #1 threat to soybeans and corn... they put thousands of acres of it on "rescue status" this year, that means if you dont rescue your crops from them, the crops are toast.
no pest strips are the standard for the indoor pot industry, these guys are smoking their plants, they dont wanna smoke nasty chems...I know its easy to say they dont have a clue, but I assure you these guys do have a clue, their pocketbook depends on it, you can read over and over on their sites about how nothin else fully eliminates spider mite populations, except those stupid no pest strips, when I had to start fighting mites I tried so many expensive sprays from people in the greenhouse industry, they all worked, none wiped em out...none of em, even the stuff that was 100s of dollars a bottle. This year ive spotted a few mites on my EEs thanks to the favorable conditions this summer, ill be adding a few no pest strips to my GH and just watch em dry up...
the vinegar and baking soda recipe works the best, intsant death and it washes the webs away too, but it will only kill mites directly contacted with the spray
Just keep an eye out for more, hopefully you wont need to make any other steps
Maybe im just in that kind of mood today but i found his request perfectly reasonable...do we need to be here for years to get full membership? or rights to post?
You would be hard pressed to find more knowledgeable, helpful members than the ones trying to help in this thread...I dont mean to ridicule anyone, but this is a public FREE forum.
The original poster asked people to stay on topic, not spit and spat about whats a chem.
Really how unreasonable is that?
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You might want to get some time here before you make such an obnoxious request. That's a good suggestion!
That's the kind of post that chases people away! There is a small group on this forum that think they have all the answers! And for your info I've been on here for many, many years! When I move or change my email I re-register.
I saw it as an attempt to limit discussion. I'm not one for necessarily sticking to the topic (although I usually answer a question eventually), but to tell others to stick to the topic struck me as something undesirable and rude, especially when assistance was being offered.
It's unfortunate your grumpy bone continues to give trouble to you. While I don't have all the answers and know of no such group as you speak, I can definitely say that I (1) answer a lot of questions here, as I can, and some I shouldn't I daresay (2) longevity alone doth make not poster's worth here. My reference there seems to have completely gone over your head. Remind me please what exactly you contribute here.
To Everyone,
I really do appreciate all the help I receive on the forums, and I always make sure to thank everyone for there input. I also understand the need to correct info if it is incorrect and appreciate that too.
To grabmebymyhandle,
Thanks for the info on the no pest strips. Do you think I could put the plant in a clear plastic tub with a no pest strip? I don't think I want to just hang one in my house.
Ya, I wondered about that. I wasn't sure how long it would take to kill everything. If I had to keep it in there for, say, a few days, I know that would be too long without fresh air or circulation.
I did get a few of the yellow sticky cards today from work. I thought I would set one out to see if anything is attracted to it. I know it wont really get rid of them, but I'm hoping to see if there are more of them with it.
Thanks for your advice.
yea hes right dont bag it up, we are having a bit of mighty nice weather here , matt, i wonder if you have a garage or a shed you could maybe put the plant and the no pest strip in...
Really it sounds like it may not be a good option for you right now, I think your best bet at this point is too just be on the look out for more, if you pay lots of attention you can make sure if you have more, if not then no need to worry, problem solved...
If they pop back up you can likely control them til spring, it will be much easier to tackle then.
Spider mites love it hot and dry, just like your house, so do split rocks, dont kill your plant but if you can make conditions less favorable for the bugs it will REALLY help.
That was what rescued all the crops I mentioned before, not spray of any kind...
Ok, I am confused...Are you sure it is a spider mite you saw? I have never seen one without a magnifying glass, and most people I know of can't see them with the naked eye until it's too late and they have already begun to spin their webs.
Can you take a picture of it just to make sure it is a mite for us to see. If you can see them, then maybe we can?
All I do is use a good safer or insecticidal soap, making sure to soak every crevice and under the leaves for a period of a month once week, being consistent is the key, and they are usually gone by spring or at least kept under control for the duration of winter.
Oils can tend to discolor certain leaves of certain succulents which I am leery of, but which works like magic on all my other plants.
I do know that most chemical systemic control products only cause an explosion in mites. I found that out the hard way and never again.
Good luck
Ok, I am confused...Are you sure it is a spider mite you saw? I have never seen one without a magnifying glass, and most people I know of can't see them with the naked eye until it's too late and they have already begun to spin their webs.
Can you take a picture of it just to make sure it is a mite for us to see. If you can see them, then maybe we can?
All I do is use a good safer or insecticidal soap, making sure to soak every crevice and under the leaves for a period of a month once week, being consistent is the key, and they are usually gone by spring or at least kept under control for the duration of winter.
Oils can tend to discolor certain leaves of certain succulents which I am leery of, but which works like magic on all my other plants.
I do know that most chemical systemic control products only cause an explosion in mites. I found that out the hard way and never again.
Good luck
As Mike said mites are small enough to not see and miss and usually see the mite web first. There habit is to feed from the underside of foliage leaves Perhaps a bit confusing cause I dont think of the succulent ends of a Pleiospilos as " leaves" and would also suggest a reliable insecticidal soap be used thinking a pest strip might cause damage VIA get stuck on the succulent ends of your Pleiospilos.
One good reminder to me was the use of vinegar spray. I have been spraying my (winter-overed) pepper plants with alcohol ever week for 'pink aphid' control. ugh. hate breathing the alcohol..... also the vinegar is cheaper ! Sorry Matt..... wanted everyone to know .


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