Dear Friends,
Last Sunday at LCC was awesome…..We celebrated Communion through the Lord’s Supper and community by coming together to worship as a group, learn Truth from God’s Word, and hang out together. I love Sundays, and from the feed back I receive every week, people who come to LCC to check us out feel God’s love through [...]
Archive for the ‘Family’ Category
Disciple?
Posted in Christian Living, Church, Current Events, Faith, Family, Good News, LCC, Leadership, My Church, RELIGION, e-note, food, tagged Bible, blessings, Christ, christian, christianity, Christmas, Euless, God, holiday season, hope, influence, Jesus, joy, Life Connection Church, love, RELIGION, spirituality, thankful, truth, volunteers on November 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Season of Loving God and Loving People
Posted in Check it Out, Christian Living, Church, Current Events, Entertainment, Faith, Family, Good News, LCC, Leadership, My Church, RELIGION, Self-Help, Stress, e-note, food, tagged Bible, blessings, children, Christ, christian, christianity, Christmas, Euless, generosity, giving, God, happiness, holiday season, hope, influence, Jesus, joy, life change, Life Connection Church, love, RELIGION, serving, spirituality, volunterring on October 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It is that time of year….Halloween is this weekend and then people are going to start focusing on the holiday season. Ask people what they like about the season, and unless you hear depressing stories, you hear how it is about love, and caring, and family, and giving…You know what I’m talking about….It is like [...]
Women: Let’s get help – Men: We don’t need help
Posted in Books, Check it Out, Christian Living, Church, Family, LCC, Leadership, Marriage, My Church, RELIGION, Self-Help, What I'm Reading, tagged dating, Gary Chapman, love, marriage counseling, men, relationships, The Five Love languages, women, women's issues on October 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
By the way: I do recommend this book for everyone married or not. As a counselor it improved my counseling talents incredibly and changed a lot of relationships for the better.
This is an excerpt from the email I sent to my men’s leadership group. They have committed to reading a book a month on a variety of [...]
Dying 6 Year Old Girl Leaves Behind Notes for Family
Posted in Check it Out, Current Events, Family, Good News, tagged cancer, children, happiness, hope, influence, joy, love, parenting on October 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Six year old Elena Desserich took steps to make sure her family knew she loved them before losing her battle with cancer. Meredith Vieira sits down with Elena’s parents and little sister. Here is the link to the Today Show….
Today Show – Six Year Old Girl
Patience: 1st Ingredient of Growing Faith
Posted in Bible Study, Christian Living, Church, Faith, Family, Good News, LCC, Leadership, My Church, RELIGION, Self-Help, devotional, e-note, tagged Bible, blessings, Christ, christian, christianity, counseling, God, hope, influence, Jesus, life, Life Connection Church, love, patience, RELIGION, spirituality, truth on October 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Dear Friends of Life Connection Church,
I hope you have had a great week enjoying the cooler weather. Chili, Frito Pie, Hot Chocolate, Holiday Brews at Starbucks, sleeping with the windows open under thick blankets, and of course….Football and the MLB playoffs. This is a great time of year. And with the weather we have had, [...]
Discipline: The Key to Staying Good When You’re Doing Good
Posted in Books, Check it Out, Christian Living, Current Events, Family, Good News, Leadership, tagged anxiety, hope, influence, Jim Tressel, life, life change, lifestyle, success, The Winners Manual on October 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The GHS Football Mustangs are 3-0. They have had an incredible turn around and the attitude on the team is very positive and contagious. Coach Henigan and his team of coaches are doing a great job at teaching the disciplines that are needed to not just win football games but to win at life. Coach talks to [...]
Recipe for Taco Soup
Posted in Entertainment, Family, Recipe, food, tagged dinner, food, football food, lunch, Recipe, soup on October 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A perfect meal for football games and fall/winter weather is Taco Soup. The other day I updated my Facebook that we were having Taco Soup and several people expressed an interest in the recipe…..
So here it is….
Ingredients:
Ground beef 1 – 1.5 lbs
Ranch Style Beans – One 15 oz can (w/ jalapenos is good)
Can of diced [...]
Meet Your Neighbors and Bring Their Jeans
Posted in Check it Out, Christian Living, Church, Current Events, Family, Good News, LCC, Leadership, My Church, RELIGION, e-note, tagged 6 stones, Christ, christian, christianity, Euless, fun, God, helping hand, influence, joy, Life Connection Church, lifestyle, love, Missions, RELIGION, thankful on October 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
weekly email to LCC
Dear Friends,
I hope your week is going well. It has been a bit soggy out there……Aren’t you glad you don’t live in Florida??……
This Sunday we are kicking off Jean Dream 2009. I did a post on it last week and you can find it by clicking here (-: I will be bringing [...]
Jean Dream 2009
Posted in Christian Living, Church, Current Events, Faith, Family, Good News, LCC, Leadership, My Church, RELIGION, e-note, tagged blessings, children, Christ, christian, christianity, culture, Euless, God, helping others, hope, influence, Jesus, joy, Life Connection Church, love on October 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
weekly note to Life Connection Church in Euless, TX
Dear Friends,
I hope this note finds you well. It is October already and God has provided us with some pretty fall and spring type weather. We actually have a swarm of honey bees on our flowers in the front yard. This is great fair, football, and seriously [...]
Thank God for Cheerleaders
Posted in Bible Study, Check it Out, Christian Living, Faith, Family, Good News, LCC, Leadership, RELIGION, Self-Help, Stress, devotional, e-note, tagged Bible, blessings, Christ, christian, christianity, encouragement, fun, God, happiness, hope, influence, Jan Burkhalter, Jesus, joy, life, love, MacArthur high School, Memorial, parenting, relationships, RELIGION, self-esteem, teens, thankful on September 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
weekly email to Life Connection Church in Euless, TX
Dear Friends and Family,
Thanks to reconnecting with old friends on Facebook I found out about the passing of a friend from High School this past week. I had not seen Jan Burkhalter in over thirty years but I really felt I needed to be at the memorial service [...]
One Community – We Need Each Other
Posted in Bible Study, Christian Living, Church, Faith, Family, Good News, Leadership, My Church, RELIGION, Self-Help, Stress, devotional, tagged RELIGION, joy, Jesus, love, christian, devotional, christianity, depression, Christ, spirituality, relationships, truth, Bible, influence, lifestyle, anxiety, blessings, counseling on September 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Teaching Series: ONE Community – One Needs One – post 2 – Talk from Aug 2, 2009
Here is first post……
God created man and he created us to be in community with God and each other. Even though we naturally pull away, and get alone, when we struggle, aloneness is not the best thing to do. [...]
God Heals a Broken Heart w/ (Audio)
Posted in Bible Study, Christian Living, Church, Faith, Family, Good News, LCC, Leadership, My Church, Prayer, RELIGION, Self-Help, Stress, Sunday Rewind, audio, devotional, tagged anxiety, audio, Bible, Bible Study, blessings, broken heart, Christ, christian, christianity, comfort, counseling, depression, devotional, Euless, God, hope, influence, Jesus, joy, life change, Life Connection Church, love, Royal Farris, self-esteem, sermon audio, spirituality, truth on September 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I like to call comforting verses or Scripture that you can look to for encouragement refrigerator verses. You ought to have them around, or even better, memorized to pull out when you need them. One of those is:
The Lord is close to the brokenhearted; he rescues those whose spirits are crushed. Ps 34:18
Our Father in Heaven [...]
The Young’s Recession Mentality
Posted in Current Events, Family, Messed Up World, Stress, tagged culture, depression, generation z, influence, life, lifestyle, psychology, recession, worldview on September 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I follow the Freakonomics blog in the NY Times on Twitter…..It is great for research that is suprising……
In a recent article they quote a report by Paola Giuliano and Antonio Spilimbergo on the affect of the recession on the younger generation.
The authors found that people who grew up during a recession “tend to believe that success in [...]
Get Strong…Get Integrity
Posted in Bible Study, Christian Living, Current Events, Entertainment, Faith, Family, Good News, Leadership, Messed Up World, RELIGION, Self-Help, Stress, tagged anxiety, Bible, blessings, Christ, christian, christianity, counseling, culture, depression, devotional, God, happiness, hope, influence, integrity, Jesus, joy, life change, lifestyle, pc, peace, pleasing God, political correctness, politics, RELIGION, self-esteem, shalom, stength, worldview on September 3, 2009 | 2 Comments »
You don’t hear the word integrity in the media a lot now days. You might hear it in the little good neighbor blurb at the end of a newscast, but for the most part, integrity is a word avoided in today’s cultural belief in no moral absolutes.
The definition of integrity is a strict adherence to a standard [...]
Personal Letters From President Ronald Reagan
Posted in Books, Faith, Family, Good News, History, Leadership, Prayer, Quotes, RELIGION on August 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
#1 of Personal Letters From Ronald Reagan
I am currently reading a book edited by Ralph E. and Ralph A Weber. It is Dear Americans – Letters from the Desk of Ronald Reagan. President Reagan was a prolific letter writer. He wrote thousands of letters to Americans during his presidency, 1981-1989. He would hand write the [...]
“50″ – Time Flies Whether Having Fun or Not
Posted in Christian Living, Church, Faith, Family, Good News, History, LCC, Leadership, My Church, RELIGION, Self-Help, Stress, devotional, e-note, tagged 50th birthday, Bible, birthday, blessings, Christ, christian, christianity, fun, God, happiness, hope, influence, Jesus, joy, life, Life Connection Church, lifestyle, love, spirituality, success, the secret, turning 50 on August 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
weekly enote to friends and family of Life Connection Churchin Euless, TX
Dear Friends,
Well…I have been thinking about this off and on since 8/22/08….In the last few months the introspective thoughts have become more intense, the prayers more frequent, and dog-gone- it…the emotions about life in general have been cranked up and are much more urgent. Tomorrow I turn 50. [...]
weekly email to LCC
Posted in Christian Living, Church, Faith, Family, Good News, LCC, My Church, RELIGION, e-note, tagged Bible, children, Christ, christian, christianity, Euless, God, influence, Jesus, Life Connection Church, love, RELIGION, spirituality, volunteers on August 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is my weekly email to Life Connection Church in Euless, TX
Dear Friends,
The feedback we have been getting on life change and the joy of coming together in ONE Community the last couple of weeks has been great. It has been fun filling up the room and there has been a lot of energy and [...]
ONE Community – Created to do Life Together
Posted in Bible Study, Check it Out, Christian Living, Church, Faith, Family, Good News, LCC, Leadership, RELIGION, Self-Help, devotional, tagged Bible, blessings, Christ, christian, christianity, Community of faith, counseling, God, hope, influence, Jesus, life, Life Connection Church, lifestyle, One Community, relationships, RELIGION on August 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In the beginning God said, “It is not good for man to be alone.” (Gen 2:18) It is ironic that humans, when given the choice, tend to go in the opposite direction of what God intended. When we try to use our own wisdom, our own feelings, we reject God’s wisdom. And when we do, the Bible labels it pride and [...]
Friday Movie: Julie and Julia – Inspiring
Posted in Check it Out, Current Events, Entertainment, Family, Marriage, movies, tagged Amy Adams, blogging, chick flick, cooking, date night, hope, influence, inspiring, Julie and Julia, life change, love, Marriage, Meryl Streep, movie candy, movie review, movies, perseverance, self-esteem, success, thankful on August 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If there is any doubt in your mind, this is a chick flick to the nth degree. It is probably a really good movie for a bunch of ladies to enjoy together after swinging by Walgreens and getting some movie candy. (I recommend Whoppers or Hot Tamales) Since a big part of the movie is [...]
ONE Community at LCC
Posted in Bible Study, Check it Out, Christian Living, Church, Family, LCC, Leadership, My Church, RELIGION, devotional, e-note, tagged Bible, Christ, christian, christianity, devotional, Euless, God, happiness, hope, influence, Jesus, joy, life change, Life Connection Church, relationships, RELIGION, self-esteem, spirituality on July 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Weekly Email to Life Connection Church in Euless, Tx
Dear Friends,
I am really excited about the next seven weeks in the life of Life Connection Church and beyond. I remember the verse that God used to get me pumped about becoming a pastor was Acts 2:427-47. It is a picture of the Christian Church and how [...]
