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Resilience

July 15, 2015
Compass Magazine, Publications, Uncategorized

Download the Full Version. The Compass Magazine is published twice a year by QuietWaters Ministries. The May 2015 issue is on the subject of Resilience. The magazine features two articles. One is written by Dr. Hudson McWilliams and is titled One of the Great Puzzles of Human nature. The second...

A Runner’s Heart for Pastors

May 13, 2015
Compass Online, Uncategorized

I could regale you with dozens of stories from the last 9 months of training for my first ever marathon. There has been humor and pain, success and failure, rain, sleet, snow, heat, and humidity. I have studied about things like VO2 max, fartlek’s, intervals, LSD (that’s long, slow, distance),...

Ministry Executive Caught Breaking the Law in Colorado

August 29, 2014
Compass Online, Publications, Uncategorized

I was actually going a little bit faster than this –87 in a 75– Have you ever had that sinking feeling in the pit of your stomach? That quick shot of adrenaline when you first see that light bar blink red and blue on the highway patrol car as it pulls in behind you? I recently had the...

Learning to Lean

July 23, 2014
Compass Online, Publications, Uncategorized

It started out as a typical Thursday morning here at the QuietWaters Ministries HQ. I began the morning looking for the devotion book that we have been using for our weekly Staff Infection (a/k/a staff meeting). The morning continued with me contracting a severe case of conviction. We have been...

Grief, Loss, and Hope

May 28, 2014
Compass Magazine, Publications, Uncategorized

Be sure to download the full version. The Compass Magazine is published twice a year by QuietWaters Ministries. The May 2014 issue is title Grief, Loss, and Hope. The magazine features two articles. One is written by Tricia Lott Williford and is titled Hope 9-1-1. The second article is written by...

Pushing the Rock

April 30, 2014
Publications, Uncategorized

This is a story that a very close friend of mine shared with me last year. I have searched and been unable to find the origin. This story is very significant to me. Last year, I found myself in a difficult place and I was searching for God’s direction. I cried out in desperation, much the same...

The Cost of Servant Leadership

February 21, 2014
Compass Online, Publications, Uncategorized

While leadership can be extremely rewarding and satisfying, few will argue with the fact that leadership can be extremely difficult at times. For many, like a soldier, or an assassinated President, or a first responder, leadership has come at the expense of their life. For many, leadership does not...