Here is a dilemma: You don't have large enough blocks of time to focus on your big projects. Everything is chopped up with what we have called cracks in time available. The cracks seem to small to allow accomplishments. On… Continue reading

 "…you are to harvest the wine, summer fruit and oil, and put them in your storage jars, and live in the towns you have taken over."  Jeremiah 40:10         So, you're stuck where you never wanted to… Continue reading

If you are like me, your "to-do" list is longer than your day. We hit the ground early in the morning, mulling over the demands ahead of us vying with our dreams  of getting past the routines to the real… Continue reading

I CAN! Philippians 4:13: I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. Contentment regardless of the circumstances is our rule of life. That, however, is no excuse not to excel, to be all that we can be, to do all… Continue reading

PRACTICE  INTEGRATION TO REMAIN CONFIDENTLY CONTENT Life is a package. It comes to us as a collection of factors wrapped uniquely for us and containing elements that we relish, as well as, those we would reject given the choice. But life is… Continue reading

Let us advance toward the overwhelming mystery, swim in its fluid enveloping, drown in its wonder, and find that we can breath underwater. Mystery is the essence of wonder and worship. We stand amazed in the Presence. The consuming heaviness… Continue reading

I have boxes of notes. Some are disorganized, mis-categorized, and undated, but they have had and may continue to have a function in my life. You see, somewhere in the maze of thinking that occupies the landscape of my muddled… Continue reading

What are you PRO-Moting? People are always promoting something. It is refreshing when they come out and tell you and then lay out their compelling arguments for your attention. The specific etymology of "promotion" is: Promotion – 1429, "advancement," from O.Fr.… Continue reading

  Book Signing Party The Confidence Factor   Tom Sims, our Executive Director and Pastor would like to invite all of his friends in the Central Valley to a book signing party at 4141 Ministries next Friday, August 19, from… Continue reading

Paul Simon knows how to weave lyrics into paradoxical complexity with flair and calculated affect.  "These are the days of miracle and wonderThis is the long distance callThe way the camera follows us in slo-moThe way we look to us… Continue reading