The Practical Disciple

If you heard an agonize banshee like wailing last night, it was me. Yesterday evening I was chatting with a friend on Facebook and said, “Hey have you seen my new video today?” They respond “No, let me check it out.” A few minutes later they informed that the audio quit after 2 of the 9 minutes. AAAAAAAAAaaaaaargh!!! I tweeted, messages, posted, facebooked that thing all over the place. Oh well. A virtual wind blew out the fire of prayer I tried to ignite yesterday before it got started. A very frustrating thing to someone feeling inspired.   I have re-uploaded the video to youtube with a slightly diminished quality of picture and this eliminated any playback issues. My nice clean HD video is not to be … Read entire article »

  Wouldn’t it be amazing if the internet was lit up by millions of stories of answered prayer? Noticed I said millions, not just a story going viral, but a multitude of stories rippling across the internet.   The ability for certain videos or posts to go viral online is rather mind-numbing.  As of January 2012 the top 10 Youtube videos were:  Justin Bieber – Baby ft. Ludacris;  684,597,595 views Jennifer Lopez – On the Floor ft. Pitbull; 463,245,100 vies Lady Gag – Bad Romance;  438,181,560 views Shakira –  Waka Waka (This time for Africa); 435,406,537 views Eminem – Love the Way You Life ft. Rihanna; 419,238,359 views Charlie bit my finger – again!; 403,885,492 LMFAO – Party Rock Anthem ft. Lauren Bennett, GoonRock; 338,476,990 views Parto in un letto; 324,131,517 views Eminem – Not Afraid; 305,724,343 views Justin Bieber – Never Say … Read entire article »

  One week into the New Year and a frightening number of New Year’s resolutions have already failed. Did you have one? How is that going for you? Often times the defining difference is self-discipline. Almost 2 years ago I wrote an article on self-discipline exercises and it still remains one of the most frequently visited posts on my blog. I guess lots of people are looking for a magic formula for … Read entire article »

A number of life lessons with spiritual merit leapt out at me from my interview with Valerie Solomon, personal trainer, busy mom, fitness figure competition winner and author of the blog, and author of the blog BusyMomGetsFit.com.   The Importance of Community in Discerning a Calling Valerie’s bigger goal of being in a Figure competition came after months of encouragement from some gym friends. She only noted that paranthetically, but it is such an important comment. So often when we are called to do things we are reluctant. Nearly all the prophets resisted when God was first calling them into something bigger and scary than themselves. In my own call as a pastor, family and friends saw my call long before I did. This is not an uncommon … Read entire article »

  First off, if you missed yesterday’s post go back and read it right now. I have never had a post draw more traffic. You can read it here. Val’s personal search to hear God’s voice daily as she strove to meet her goal of becoming a personal trainer and competing in a fitness competition while her husband, Matt, was away on a year long deployment is so inspiring.   Interviewing Val and tracking her blog … Read entire article »