What is it? What have you quit? What have you put down? What have you walked away from that you know you shouldn’t have? I am in love with GROWTH. It’s what I find myself writing, praying, talking, and thinking about; and it’s what I want to talk with you about for the next 2 [...]
Confidence as a Discipline
Discipline Why does that so often sound like a dirty word to me. Yes, after watching all 5 Rocky movies or Remember The Titans I can find myself getting excited about personal discipline. But most of the time I dread the idea. Because discipline means, more often then not, I’m going to have to do [...]
Simplify Your Message
I Admit I have a problem. I talk to much. I have a lot of natural skills that go a long way to helping me be a good leader/pastor. I’m great at remembering people’s names and I love to talk with people and learn all about them. I love learning new things and sharing new [...]
Two Steps Back
One step forward and two steps back. Have you ever heard this common phrase? In my leadership experience, many times I have felt like this saying sums up my growth to a tee. I have often felt like just as I am getting a handle on one thing in my life I’m loosing my mind [...]
Blogging Today At Xanaduinruins
Today I’m posting from my good friend Brian Broderick’s Blog Check it out HERE Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Tell a friend
Funding Your Dream
I recently wrote this in response to a question from Outreach Magazine about the difficulties of raising funds for a new church. I’m not sure if it will be featured in the article but I figured I’d share my opinions here. I think that the same struggles I cover here in regards to funding a [...]
Lazy Is Robbing Your Creativity.
In his book “The Accidental Creative”, Todd Henry is quoted as saying: “the love of comfort is frequently the enemy of greatness.” I could not agree more. Comfort enters our lives when we lose our hunger and usually because we have found success. Success, if not managed well, can allow us to get really lazy. A major [...]
Done Manifesto
I love this! Courtesy of: http://www.brepettis.com There are three states of being. Not knowing, action and completion. Accept that everything is a draft. It helps to get it done. There is no editing stage. Pretending you know what you’re doing is almost the same as knowing what you are doing, so just accept that you [...]
Wait a Minute!
If you’ve read many of my postings on this blog, or previous postings prior to my beginning this blog you’ll know that procrastination has been a problem for me. The projects for me in school were always done the night before they were due; sometimes even a day or two late if I could reason [...]
Choose Consistency
Discipline, in essence, is consistency of action—consistency with values, consistency with long-term goals, consistency with performance standards, consistency of method, consistency overtime.-Jim Collins (Great By Choice)
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Cortland Coffey
Youth Pastor, Husband, Blogger, Social Media Enthusiast http://www.journeyfoothills.com http://www.KnockOverA7Eleven.com
