Scott Lowe
Purpose | Wholeness | Impact
This morning, in my daily office reading, was an insightful quote by Parker Palmer about burnout. I am sure that many of you have, at one point or another, experienced burnout....
I took a sabbatical in 2016. It was a time of retooling, self-realization, and revitalization. These were 8 things that guided my sabbatical rest. 8 Things to consider for your sabbatical!...
When was the FIRST time that you realized that what you were feeling was fear? Strange question? It struck me this week that I can remember learning to tie my shoe...
I was reading, this morning, the story of Noah and the flood. In v9 it said “Noah walked with God.” It got me thinking. What would we be remembered for? Probably...
Podcast interview – scroll to bottom to hear the interview Last week I had the opportunity to join the MAST. team in their studio in Longmont, CO to record a podcast...
There is not a week that goes by, in my life, that’s not marked by a struggle with control, fear, empty joy, and trying to prove myself to others. This week...
Dan Allender gives a great definition of a leader in his book Leading with a Limp. “A leader is anyone who has someone following her. If anyone looks to you for...
A passage from Forgotten among the Lilies by Ronald Rolheiser (quoted in Common Prayer) : “If the Catholicism that I was raised in had fault, and it did, it was precisely that it...
“You are not the point. Your ministry is not the point and God has not pushed all his chips in on you, He has not put the kingdom in your hands...
Originally posted by Jared C Wilson I follow the ongoing pastoral and missiological discussions about “faithfulness vs. fruitfulness” from a bemused distance. I do believe that a church’s faithfulness to the...
John 5:41-44The Message (MSG) 41-44 “I’m not interested in crowd approval. And do you know why? Because I know you and your crowds. I know that love, especially God’s love, is not...
Burnout comes when we are unable to share the load. Sharing the load is not just physical or emotional but also spiritual. We share the load as we can vulnerably open...
Originally posted by Dave Kraft “For they loved human praise more than the praise of God.” -John 12:43 (NLT)` Jesus, may this not be true of me. I know I come...
Great excerpt by Scotty Smith from his book Reign of Grace (p288) “WHERE ARE YOU IN YOUR STORY? Some of us are alive to neither our story nor God’s Story. With...
Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it. Embracing our vulnerabilities is risky but not nearly as dangerous as giving up...
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