Yesterday was Mother’s Day and it got me reflecting on my mom. I am blessed with an amazing mother. Born, Rebecca Sue Campbell, she married my dad in August of 1970. As of today, she has been my mom for 43 years, and I can’t imagine who I would be without her in my life. I know that both she and my…
Every time I say “Merry Christmas”, followed by someone’s name or the name of our church I can’t help but think of George on It’s A Wonderful Life. The image of him running down the street in his squeaky high pitched voice, yelling, “Merry Christmas Bedford Falls! Merry Christmas you old building an…
Tis the season for joy right? At least that’s what we are told. It seems like Christmas time is when we talk the most about love, joy, peace, and generosity, but so often we aren’t experiencing those things. It’s sad to me, but I understand, that so many people struggle with depression during the ho…
Yesterday marked 10 years for us at Element Church . On one hand, it’s hard to believe we’ve gone 10 years since starting in the Carmike Theater. On the other, I ask myself, “where did 10 years go?” We’ve seen a lot in 10 years. Not all of it has been good, but God always has been, that’s for sure.…
Thanks for checking out jeffmaness.com. I am currently on a three month sabbatical with my family and will not be blogging during that time. Upon my return, I will pick up my normal blogging routine. Feel free to check out my previous blogs. If you’d like more information on what a sabbatical is and…
Recently, my wife and I had a heated conversation with our daughters about modesty. It was all born out of our personal parental standard that we don’t let our girls wear a bikini as a swimsuit. Please hear me, that we do not condemn anyone who wears a bikini or allows their girls to wear one, it is…
On Sunday at Element Church , we ended our sermon series called Confessions Of A Pastor with our Conference Superintendent Steve Strutz bringing the word. Element is a part of The Evangelical Church of North America , and Steve is the superintendent of the Western Conference in that denomination. No…
This past Sunday at Element Church we continued our sermon series called “Confessions Of A Pastor”. This week’s confession was “More often than not I feel like a failure as a parent.” That while I love my kids, I don’t always love the way I parent them. I preached from the story of Samson in Judges…
This past Sunday at Element Church we continued a sermon series called “Confessions Of A Pastor.” In this series, I’m just being honest with some struggles in my own life in the hopes that maybe it can help people overcome struggles in theirs. This week’s confession was, “I’ve wanted to quit being a…
The quality isn’t great and the acting is REALLY bad but this is the 12th anniversary of Jeff and Ben’s Old Fashioned Family Christmas. I’ve posted this on my blog every year for the past 9 years so why stop now. (You might say “stop” because this is so bad, but you don’t write my blog) We made this…
If you are a church ministry leader or a small group leader looking for some new content or resources as we are into the Fall small group ministry season, or maybe something for the start of 2017, I encourage you to check out my book and group study guides entitled “ Because Your’e Called: Three wor…
Maybe hate ME is un-warranted, but these are definitely six things my kids hate that I do…but I’m ok with it and you should be too. I’m writing this from a place of frustration and also a place of fear. The fear is born out of the growing darkness that is being made available and accessible to our c…
