I’m very grateful to all those who subscribe to the HeadHeartHand blog and to all who regularly visit the website. Over the years, many of you have been very faithful encouragers of me and my blog ministry. Thank you to you all.

I know some of you have been wondering why the blog has been so quiet and sporadic the past few months. I was planning a couple of weeks off in the Fall, but the couple of weeks turned into a couple of months. If I’d known it was going to take as long, I would have explained it at the start.

So why did two weeks turn into almost three months? I simply needed all that time to re-charge my batteries. A lot happened in my life in 2019! Without going into the details, some of it was really productive and rewarding; and some of it was really painful and disappointing. Both the highs and the lows had their own stresses, and I eventually felt that I needed to take a break from the blog, and modify some other areas of life. I read a book called Reset, which helped me a ton

Anyway, here I am, rested, re-fueled and ready to slowly and gradually re-start the blog. I can’t promise you the same frequency as before, but I hope to post 2-3 times a week. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

You are going to be disappointed in life. If disappointment is so inevitable, how do we recover from it? Visit the Christian Man Academy for a transcript of this video and to enroll in the Academy.

You are going to fail. It’s inevitable. Although it can be extremely painful, you will learn much from failure. Visit the Christian Man Academy for a transcript of this video and to enroll in the Academy.

I want to introduce a book to you that has greatly assisted my sermon preparation. However, it’s not a book about preaching; it’s a book about improving Powerpoint presentations!

It’s called The Compelling Communicator: Mastering the Art and Science of Exceptional Presentation Design and it’s written by Tim Pollard, a specialist in corporate and institutional presentations. It was recommended to me by David Thommen at Western Seminary in Portland, Oregon. He told me he used it in advanced homiletics classes and so I thought I’d take a look. I was quickly convinced of the genius and utility of the book’s methodology and set out to adapt and apply it to preaching.

The author has provided software (called Message Architect) to assist in presentation/sermon design. It’s free for six months if you buy the book and use the code in it. In the first video below, I use the software to present the message of The Compelling Communicator.

Video 1: The Compelling Communicator Method

Presentation Blueprint (PDF, Word)

God does not forgive those who don’t want forgiveness. So, neither should we. Visit the Christian Man Academy for a transcript of this video and to enroll in the Academy.

The right and wrong ways to confront sin. Visit the Christian Man Academy for a transcript of this video and to enroll in the Academy.