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2025-07-08T12:08:45-04:00

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Forget the G.O.A.T. Getting Free From “Greatness”

Last updated on: July 8, 2025 at 12:08 pm By David Weiss

Have you ever heard someone refer to someone as the G.O.A.T.? It’s not an insult. It’s a supreme compliment. You see G.O.A.T. is an acronym for the “Greatest Of All Time.” The first G.O.A.T. I can remember was Muhammad Ali. He never used the term G.O.A.T. Rather he said plainly, “I am the greatest of all time.” Hubris not withstanding, he was pretty great. Lot’s of G.O.A.T.s There’s lots of G.O.A.T.s out there, depending on who you ask. Some say... Read more

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2025-06-26T08:43:53-04:00

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When God Changes Your Plans, Trust Him Anyway

Last updated on: June 26, 2025 at 8:43 am By David Weiss

When God Does Something Else: What to Do When Plans Change I originally was going to call this article, What If the Lord’s Not Willing? but that’s not what was happening. Lord Willing Numerous people throughout my Christian life have taught me to say, “Lord willing…” when talking about my plans. It makes sense, and it’s based on James 4:13-15 “Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a... Read more

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2025-06-16T00:23:47-04:00

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What If I Stumble? What Happens to Art When Artists Fall?

Last updated on: June 16, 2025 at 12:23 am By David Weiss

I was an 80s hard rock and metal kid. In the five years after my first concert in 1980, I saw between 70 and 80 rock concerts. Then something happened. I met a wonderful woman who introduced me to Jesus. I still loved the music I was listening to at the time. I was even a mobile DJ for a while, but I started to realize that there were songs that I couldn’t sing along with anymore, because their lyrical... Read more

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2025-05-09T23:45:05-04:00

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Try New Things! It’s a Game Changer.

Last updated on: May 9, 2025 at 11:45 pm By David Weiss

The old saying says, “Necessity is the mother of invention,” but I sometimes wonder if adversity isn’t the mother of creativity. Much of creativity is problem solving and problem solving by definition requires a problem. Sometimes you don’t even know you have the problem, but sooner of later each of us will need a game changer. I’ll give you a personal example from my own journey. The First New Thing: Ministry After years of struggling to have an art career,... Read more

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2025-04-22T04:46:31-04:00

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It’s a Hard Fought Hallelujah, but Who’s Fighting?

Last updated on: April 22, 2025 at 4:46 am By David Weiss

So the other day I was scrolling through the inter webs and came upon a video of Brandon Lake and Jelly Roll performing their song Hard Fought Hallelujah on American Idol. I thought it was a great performance of a really great song. It’s a song about the struggles we face in this world as believers, and the times the battle to worship, when circumstances seem to lead us in a different direction, and for some it’s more of a... Read more

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2025-04-16T19:19:23-04:00

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Is It Ministry or Just Entertainment? Maybe It’s Both

Last updated on: April 16, 2025 at 7:19 pm By David Weiss

I’ve had the question quite a bit in my years of itinerant ministry, “Are you the entertainment?” The question sometimes comes from people who may be somewhat new to the church, and if there are other, more seasoned church people nearby, they are often taken aback. For the. record, I’m not taken aback, not even a little bit. Who’s the Audience? Here’s the thing, to me ministry is ministry. Ministry means service and I am there to serve. I’m there... Read more

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2025-04-09T11:33:37-04:00

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You’re Not Too Old: Moses and the Call at 80

Last updated on: April 9, 2025 at 11:33 am By David Weiss

This is the second part of a series on Moses and living our calling This article will make more sense, if you read part one first. Moses has tended sheep for half of his eighty years. You’d have to think, life in Pharaoh’s palace was a distant memory, but I’m not so sure. At eighty years old, you’d have to think he believed the ship of him being anything more than a shepherd had sailed. That’s when he found himself... Read more

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2025-04-09T09:27:17-04:00

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Qualifying the Called: Moses at the Burning Bush, Part 1

Last updated on: April 9, 2025 at 9:27 am By David Weiss

Have you ever wondered if you have what it takes? Perhaps you feel like you don’t measure up. Maybe you wonder if you can have a calling after all you have done or been through. Maybe you have physical limitation. Maybe you’re just scared. Maybe you just plain think, “Who am I to think God might be able to use me?” If any of these describe your condition, I’d like to introduce you to my “friend” Moses. Humble Beginnings A... Read more

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2025-03-29T06:53:47-04:00

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Lessons From Snow White for Christian Creatives

Last updated on: March 29, 2025 at 6:53 am By David Weiss

I really went back and forth about writing this article. I usually hate when writers comment on things they have not seen. So putting my cards on the table. I have not seen Disney’s live action Snow White, nor do I intend to, at least until it inevitably ends up on TV or some streaming service for free. I’m just not that interested in it for a variety of reasons. That being said, you’d have to be living under a... Read more

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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

2025-03-18T16:11:41-04:00

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When 2020 Shattered My Vision, God Showed Me His 2020 Vision

Last updated on: March 18, 2025 at 4:11 pm By David Weiss

2020: How’s Your Vision? I can’t have been the only pastor to fall for it. We were starting the new decade with a sermon series called Vision 2020. It was a year filled with hope and I had a vision. I was at my church for about five years by this point, and I was excited. The previous five years had been a wonderful whirlwind. I was about a three-quarter-time pastor at the time. The other three-quarters of my time... Read more

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