Dec 21, 2017 | Pastor's Blog
by Matt Sapp We all know how to say thank you, but the harder part of gratitude is demonstrating thankfulness with our actions. So this November at Central we’ve let scripture help us discover different ways to demonstrate gratitude as we’ve prepared for...
Dec 21, 2017 | Pastor's Blog
In his Letter to Artists, Pope John Paul II wrote, “People of today and tomorrow need [the] enthusiasm [of wonder] if they are to meet and master the crucial challenges which stand before us . . . . In this sense it has been said with profound insight that “beauty...
Dec 21, 2017 | Pastor's Blog
Simon Sinek made a big splash in management and organizational leadership a decade or so ago with his book and related TED Talk called Start With Why. Sinek’s basic idea was that shared purpose—the “why” behind what we do–is what ultimately...
Dec 21, 2017 | Pastor's Blog
Last Sunday at Central we talked about the importance of having encouraging friends around us and of being encouraging friends ourselves. Most of us, I think, have an innate understanding of how valuable good friends can be. Too often, though, we stop short of telling...