Aaron Marcelli | September 16, 2011
For a while I was frustrated at the low amounts of comments my blog was generating. Though the number of hits on my posts continued to increase, few if any people were taking the time to leave comments on my site. I have a pretty good number of followers who are subscribers to my blog [...]
Aaron Marcelli | June 21, 2011
An area where I’ve been trying to improve myself the last several months is confidence. I feel that sometimes I hold myself back with my own doubts and insecurities. When I’m around other people who have great confidence I’m impressed and encouraged by observing the freedom they seem to feel in being themselves. If you [...]
Aaron Marcelli | May 27, 2011
There are two quotes from Rick Warren that I am working through as of late and learning to practice in my life. “Leaders absorb pain.” “You will never have to forgive another person of as much as Christ forgave you.”
Aaron Marcelli | April 29, 2011
I have been telling people for years that I wanted to start a church. I always saw it as some mystical thing in the future. Basically I was waiting until I learned how to plant a church. Well, now that I am in the process of doing it, I am learning that there is no [...]
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 | February 1, 2011
In Sunday School we used to sing a song that went as follows He’s still working on me, To make me what I ought to be. It took Him just a week to make the moon and the stars, The Sun and the Earth and Jupiter and Mars. How loving and patient He must be, [...]
Aaron Marcelli | January 28, 2011
Okay, okay. So maybe this one is more of a street term than formal diction, but it’s the best way I know how to say what I want to be. I want it to be obvious that who I am is who I am. I’m not lying or cheating anyone. No matter where life takes [...]
Aaron Marcelli | January 24, 2011
I mentioned in the post on purity how integrity is also one of the values for our church plant. Again, that’s how important I think it is. It’s also one of the values I want for my life. When writing out my list of core values, next to the word integrity I wrote down: To [...]
Aaron Marcelli | January 21, 2011
Every person we meet could be a potential friend, mentor, or pupil. I heard a quote where someone said, “Every man is my superior in some way.” Even if it’s what not to do, we can learn from everyone. I have decided that I must look past what people look like or have done to [...]
Aaron Marcelli | January 19, 2011
For me, this was an easy pick and a must-have as a personal value. As a man, a husband, a leader, a pastor, a Christian it is essential I am honest, accountable and living a morally clean life. I mentioned in the last post that selecting personal values was not easy. That’s true – except [...]
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