Josh Hall
Christian. Husband. Dad. Pastor. Ordinary Guy.
1.01.2020
Wait on the Lord
12.29.2019
Toward Better Health
Today, I am starting an eight week plan with a health coach. He has devised a nutrition and exercise plan for me, and I am to check in with him daily. Please pray for me, that God will bless my efforts and that I will make significant strides toward better health. I have battled weight for most of my life. I want to be the best I can be for my family and for my church.
I hope to blog a little more in 2020. We will see. It seems like most things get said on social media these days. May God bless you and yours in the new year.
4.25.2019
My Love/Hate Relationship with Holidays
Can I make a confession?
I have a love/hate relationship with holidays – particularly Christian
holidays. I love what (or rather whom) we
celebrate – Jesus! But I hate the additional
stress and busyness that comes with them.
4.01.2019
Personal Milestones
If you'll permit me a moment of self-reflection, 2019 is a year of personal milestones, and I would like to share them here as a testimony to the Lord and all He has done for me.
3.09.2019
A True Evangelist
This morning I ran across a friend in ministry. This man, a vocational evangelist, has recently had some serious health issues and is advancing in age. Some of his health issues have made it a struggle for him to even read and comprehend.
3.01.2019
Profile of a Church Plant: Camino a la Cruz in Omaha, Nebraska
This week, three men from our church took a brief vision trip to Omaha, NE to scout out the potential for a summer mission trip. While there, we met up with Angel Morales, church planter and pastor of Camino a la Cruz (Way of the Cross). Angel, his wife Rachel, and their kids moved to Omaha a year and a half ago from Nixa, MO in response to God's call to minister to the 100,000 Hispanics living in the Omaha metro area.
2.24.2019
Thanking God for Fender Chapel
The last couple of days, Rachel and I got to catch up with Martin and Amy Winslow, old friends from our college days at Southwest Baptist University. Martin led a family/parenting conference at Selmore this weekend and did a fantastic job. (I encourage you to check out his blog, nextgenerationfaithfulness.com.) Our time with the Winslows got me reminiscing...
2.10.2019
Pastors, Guard Your Sheep from Sexual Predators
The elderly man visiting our church was a little odd, a little quirky to be sure, but he seemed harmless enough to me. Nevertheless, multiple ladies in the church (including my wife) didn't quite feel right about him.
2.06.2019
Christians Must be Champions for Life
Like many Americans watching the State of the Union last night, I was struck by the number of congressmen (and particularly congresswomen) who showed visible disdain for the pro-life sentiments expressed by the president.
6.09.2018
My First SBC Annual Meeting
The first Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting I ever attended was in St. Louis in 2002. At the time, I was a 23 year-old youth pastor serving at a church in southeast Missouri. I drove the church van two hours up the road to the annual meeting and took along my wife and two elderly ladies from our church. To this day, it is still the most memorable convention I have attended.
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