Welcome to the Blog page! I will use this page to share brief messages, which I hope will be informative, inspirational, and challenging. I will post several messages a month on this page. I also will share some experiences in my ministry opportunities. I would invite any responses to the things posted here. That response could be sent by e-mail at johned@johnedmathison.org. For more information about John Ed Mathison Leadership Ministries, visit our website at www.johnedmathison.org.
I read that several years ago the University of Wisconsin had an excellent reputation for its curriculum in literary endeavors. Many brilliant students came to Wisconsin for this curriculum. A group of very competitive students formed a literary society for the purpose of helping each other improve. They would meet and criticize each others’ works. [...]
One of the big debates in business and church circles is whether or not we need to give people what they want or what they need. It is obvious that often times what people need is not what they want. Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple, had an interesting opinion about giving consumers what they [...]
When God opens a door, a person needs to walk through. Not many doors open in life. When one opens, if you fail to walk through, you don’t know what kind of opportunities you are missing. An important ingredient is to be ready when the door opens. Oftentimes we see doors open, but we are [...]
A 22-year-old student at Kennesaw State University in Georgia, was visiting a local thrift store. She was examining a cash box when she unexpectedly found $2,000 inside the cash box. Yekaterina Shneyderova was that student. She said, “I saw the money and the envelope with an address and I thought it might be someone’s life [...]
In 1972 I moved to Montgomery to become the pastor of Frazer Memorial United Methodist Church. That same year Gary Burton, 11 years younger than I, came to Montgomery to become pastor of the Pintlala Baptist Church. Gary was still a seminary student in New Orleans. Pintlala Baptist was only 10 years old. This year [...]