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Chris Jackson
Chris Jackson
  • About
  • Hope City Church
  • My Books
    • When Storms Speak
    • Dynamic Living in Desperate Times
    • Among Kings
    • A Perfect 10
    • I Am She
    • Conscience
    • Second in Command
    • Praying Through Sorrows
  • Recent Talks
  • Alexis’ Story
  • For Church Leaders
    • An overlooked picture of pastoral ministry
    • Death by comparison
    • Distracted on Saturday depressed on Sunday
    • Heart Punch
    • In praise of the jack-of-all-trades
    • Lost Causes
    • My new friend–a Maasai warrior and pastor from Kenya
    • Sticks and Stones
    • Success versus Faithfulness
    • Teachers, watch your words
    • When you’re feeling illegitimate
    • Why Church Leaders drop out of the race
    • Why Every Pastor Should Workout
    • Dreams versus contentment
    • Duck feathers and rhino skin
    • Goliath versus Bathsheba
    • Keep your head up (encouragement for pastors)
    • Preaching among lions (for pastors and ministry leaders)
    • The Blues Brothers
    • When the high road hurts—how to respond when people leave your ministry
    • The flip side of your gifts and talents
    • Solomon, on reading effectively
    • Do first things first
    • The world’s greatest job (for pastors and ministry leaders)
    • Your funeral script
    • Lonely at the top
    • Innate miracles
    • A barefoot Moses in Sinai
    • How the mighty have fallen
    • Letters from Crete–part 1
    • Letters from Crete–part 2
    • One of you is a devil!
    • Lost causes
    • Lost causes
  • Watch Sermons
  • 2-Minute Messages
Chris Jackson
Chris Jackson
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2-Minute Message: Not perfect on purpose

  • Chris Jackson
  • June 26, 2014
  • 1 Comment
  • Destiny, dreams, Encouragement, Perspective, purpose, The cure for the common life

Study your S.T.O.R.Y.

“The cure for commonness begins with strength extraction.”[1] Thus said Max Lucado in this week’s installment of our summer reading program. What, exactly, is “strength extraction”? It sounds like a terrifying dental appointment with a vigorous, pliers-wielding dentist. However, according…

  • Chris Jackson
  • June 25, 2014
  • emotional health, Emotions, Encouragement

Emotional Fitness Survey

This Sunday at Grace we will be discussing the King Pin of “emotional health” so I thought I would send you some advance homework. 🙂 Here is a simple emotional health survey compiled by Judith Belmont, M.S., L.P.C.  If, after completing the…

  • Chris Jackson
  • June 19, 2014
  • 2 Comments
  • Destiny, Recovery, The cure for the common life

Read your life backward

“I was made to do this.” When was the last time you said that? When did you feel that way as a kid? When you read your life backwards what blueprint emerges from your youth or childhood? What passions and…

  • Chris Jackson
  • June 18, 2014
  • Uncategorized

Conscience Excerpts–Chapter Thirty-Six

For those who might be interested, I’m going to post consecutive chapters of my novel, Conscience, here once weekly. Hope you enjoy! To read Chapter Thirty-Six click here.  

  • Chris Jackson
  • June 17, 2014
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