Aaron Marcelli | April 11, 2011
“easy come, easy go” is true but just because it comes gradually and through hard work doesn’t mean it can’t still be lost quickly. I used to look at websites of churches in Chattanooga looking for something wrong with them. Glad I’m not that insecure anymore. Lead with your cause, not your personality, character, or [...]
Aaron Marcelli | April 4, 2011
I have been doing twitter so much from my phone that i started shortening my text messages to 140 characters. I will feel unworthy to be called a church planter until I have an ipad “I want to live so that I’m not forgotten when I’m gone” –unknown Will be looking @ more houses this [...]
Aaron Marcelli | March 28, 2011
In this series of blogs I have been talking about things we carry into our relationships. Some of these things are learned, some are observed, and many effect relations without us even being aware. This issue I’m addressing here may be the poster child for such habits. We all have unmentioned expectations. And like was [...]
Aaron Marcelli | March 16, 2011
After my last post I had someone questions the wisdom Taylor Swift has when it comes to relationships. Though that is fair, I still believe there are some great truths mentioned in some of the lines of her song, Mine. In her singing, “Brace myself for the goodbye, cause it’s all I’ve ever known” she [...]
Aaron Marcelli | March 8, 2011
I get ideas for messages and blog posts from a variety of sources. Well a few weeks ago I was driving around town with the radio playing as background music when some lyrics from the song playing jumped out at me. As I turned the radio up I realized the song was “Mine” by Taylor [...]
Aaron Marcelli | December 7, 2010
Becoming a critic is a trap. It starts with “speaking out” one time where you want to share your opposing thoughts (perhaps even done with good intentions). Then you begin to give your negative feedback more often and on a wider range of topics. Finally you become a full-blown critic where you want to share [...]
Aaron Marcelli | December 2, 2010
In my last post I kind of went on a rant (sorry about that) on pastors who over-receive criticism. In this post I want to discuss the other side of that – giving criticism. Mainly, when is it appropriate to criticize others? The answer: rarely. I do not think we are called to “speak out” [...]
Aaron Marcelli | October 26, 2010
People who are insecure I saved this one for last because not only would I say that I have probably been hurt emotionally by insecure people more than any other of those I’ve listed, but I have also had a lot of insecurity issues before. I lived very deeply in insecurity for much of my [...]
Aaron Marcelli | October 14, 2010
“You’re ignorant” As I have spent time in political and theological debates I realize that this, like playing the race card, is an easy out that appears to be the better argument to a casual observer. I am guilty many times over of using this saying and pretty much every time I used it I [...]
Aaron Marcelli | October 4, 2010
“You’re just in it for the money” I find this argument to be based on peculiar reasoning. I say that because the above line is only said (or only an insult) to those in certain industries. This line is almost always said by someone making less many than the person they spew it at, meaning [...]
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