John Markum

Five Church Planting Mistakes

5 MISTAKESI’ve noticed a few mistakes common in the church planting community since starting LifeCity Church. Now, I’ve got plenty of my own faults to be sure. But here are five common mistakes that I believe we were fortunate enough to avoid. And I don’t hear very many people speaking out on these issues, so I hope to deter someone from these five potential landmine… Continue reading “Five Church Planting Mistakes”

Redeeming Your Resolution

ResolutionThe word resolution comes directly from the word resolve. Setting goals, or resolutions, for 2015 or any other year is declaring that you are resolved to achieve that goal in that new year. As almost all of us know, New Years resolutions have become a bad joke for our general lack of commitment and follow through. Here are a few tips I would offer for how you can make your resolutions stick this year. Continue reading “Redeeming Your Resolution”

Looking Back/Moving Forward

year endThe one week gap between Christmas Day and New Years Day is right where my birthday lands on the calendar – December 27th. Today. I turned 33 this year. As per the nature of this specific week, adding my birthday in the middle of it tends to make me feel nostalgic over the previous 12 months, and also anticipate the coming year.

Looking over the 2014 calendar, my favorite memories easily include: Continue reading “Looking Back/Moving Forward”

The phrase no pain, no gain has been a mantra for athletes and fitness junkies for years. And what they understand about physical pain needs to be broadened to a much more general use in all of our lives. Pain hurts. That's the whole problem. No one enjoys it, and if someone does, we rightfully

The Premium of Pain