servant evangelism - steve sjogren

Blessed Are the Rubbish Collectors: Pastor Doug’s Roadside Redemption

Picture this: a lone figure on the side of the road, armed with nothing but a grabber and a real estate A-frame sign declaring...
2008

My Favorite Mistakes of 2008 – Part 3

continued from Part 2, which you can view here 4: Concerns about criticisms from the small-minded ensnared me. That is, in 2008 I got caught up...
2008

My Favorite Mistakes of 2008 – Part 2

continued from Part 1, which you can view here 2: I concerned myself too much with where finances were headed. Sometimes it’s possible to not necessarily...
window cleaning outreach

94 Servant Evangelism Ideas for Your Church

Servant Evangelism (SE) connects people to people in a natural, easy, low- risk, high grace way. Who doesn't like to be given a cold...
Johnny Appleseed

6 Outreach Leadership Lessons From Johnny Appleseed

John Chapman, aka the legendary “Johnny Appleseed”, was a missionary who reached out to Native Americans in the Ohio Valley in the early 1800s. He...

MUST READ

OBL

Was Osama Bin Laden Saved?

The cover of Time magazine recently featured Pastor Rob Bell and his controversial new book that hones in on the weighty issue of eternity....
free drinks

Why Kindness?

I was asked to write two book forwards this week.  This is something I have done for a number of writers – more in...
turtle and rabbit

Lesson #10: Turtles Last Longer Than Rabbits

#10: Turtles Last Longer Than Rabbits You’ve heard Aesop’s story about the tortoise and the hare. In this classic tale, the hare takes off quickly...
Burning Man

7.5 Lessons I Learned About Outreach At Burning Man

The famous Burning Man Festival is happening right now in the desert north of Reno right now. About 50,000 people from all over the world...
lighthouse

Doing Outreach or Reaching Out?

When we do outreach by serving - servant evangelism (kindness outreach) - to give away bottles of water at a stoplight or clean toilets...
night city people

Have You Considered Starting A Sunday PM Service?

There has been talk of late about the downside of starting Saturday evening services. Having pioneered that time slot from the get-go as an...
go

Go Out Anyway

Just Show Up! When it comes to doing outreach projects with teams a lot can go right... and wrong. After doing team-oriented outreaches for decades...
David hearing

Simplifying God’s Voice

Do you feel inadequate in the area of connecting with God's voice? When you hear others mention they have gotten specific guidance from God...
Whoopi

Lesson #7: God Will Intervene

#7: God Will Intervene I was in a coma state for an extended time after my death. When I came out of the coma I...

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OUTREACH & EVANGELISM

Outflow

Are You In Outflow Mode?

"Outflow" is the word I used in a recent book to describe the attitude we live in when we are noticing our way into...

Dissecting A Water Bottle Give Away

What Is This About Anyway? We've all been warned to be drinking at least a liter of water per day. Who would have guessed 20...
Money

Invest First, Withdraw As Interest Grows

Everywhere that I have had a bank account, the understanding is basically the same. First, you must make a deposit.  There is a period of...

LEADERSHIP

clear stream

Confessions of An…Increasingly Clear Leader

Everybody Needs a Model Or Two To Be Effective 'People never do what you say -...
stick and stones

Confessions of a Budding Realist…

Short People Got No... Need For Toilet Plungers ... of strengths, limits, liabilities While in Denver recently...
Money

Invest First, Withdraw As Interest Grows

Everywhere that I have had a bank account, the understanding is basically the same. First, you...
soaring

‘Innovation’ – Or Can We Do Better? (Part 3)

3. Talk of innovation can easily become a derision to God. When we over-talk about the...
seeds

Jesus’ Style- The Doable Jesus (part 1)

Over the next several weeks we will be posting on SteveSjogren.com pieces of what will...

LIFE LESSONS

2008

My Favorite Mistakes of 2008 – Part 3

continued from Part 2, which you can view here 4: Concerns about criticisms from the small-minded ensnared me. That is, in 2008 I got caught up...

MEDIA

Oprah Winfrey

Oprah: A Catalyst For Kindness?

Have you noticed that on every cover of Oprah’s magazine she is smiling? Think about what you want, but I believe her smile is...