Browsing all articles by Benji Zimmerman.
3 Things I Never Expected from Catalyst West Coast
#1. I pulled in the parking lot at Mariners Church in Irvine California for day 1 of the conference and I was completely shocked to see this: I lived on this exact tour bus for over 2 years. It smelled, broke down often and was freezing cold, but it was my home. Seeing it brought [...]
Anger Management 101
“Because hiding your weaknesses takes a whole lot of emotional and mental energy that leaves you drained and exhausted. ” pg 129 I never thought about how much anger I had in my life until I picked up my latest read, From Anger to Intimacy by Gary Smalley & Ted Cunningham. But after reading a [...]
Paul McCartney
There are some of you that will never read this and should. There are some people out there who have no idea who Paul McCartney is. Hard to believe that is possible, but I am not mad at you. I was one of those people. Then I met my wife. She educated me for months. [...]
The Stuff of Legends . . .
April 19, 2009 8:37 pm The curtains draw back. The crowd of 4,000 plus lets out an explosion of anticipation. The wait is forgotten – The line is a distant memory – The new venue is overlooked My wife let’s out a gasp, “It’s Paul!” Her heart jumps with excitement. The 5 shot latte and [...]
Tweet This Ashton
On Tuesday, Ashton Kutcher posted a video challenging CNN breaking news to a popularity contest on Twitter. The contest was to see who could get to a million followers first. According to a couple twitter tracking sites, there has been no single Twitter account to have more than one million followers. Ashton said, “. . [...]
Hardened Heart
Over the last few weeks I have been reading, From Anger to Intimacy by Gary Smalley and Ted Cunningham. I will openly acknowledge that I suck at intimacy in relationships. My weakness in this area has led to many of the problems I have encountered during my marriage. But I do not want it to [...]
Eyes Wide Open by Jud Wilhite
I have spent countless days, no scratch that, years thinking things like, “Benji you will never be good enough” or “You are worthless” even “No one will even care if you were alive or dead.” I spent very little time in front of mirrors because I did not want to have to deal with seeing [...]
Belong. Believe. Behave.
I met with one of my publishing distributors recently. My sales representative went through the normal hum drum of books coming out in the next few months and got to a particular book and started to tell me that it was going to be a great seller. Here is the conversation that followed . . [...]
What is taking so long?
4 out of the last 6 books I have read although not similar in style or content have all come back to the idea of spiritual disciplines. Simple practices that you can routinely do throughout your day and week to grow in relationship with God. Common disciplines mentioned in these books and others include: prayer, [...]
The Divine Commodity by Skye Jethani
“This book has not proposed new missional strategies. It has not advocated a new form of church organization, or the unfolding of an innovative program to reach a post-Christian culture. I have offered no grandiose prescription for revolution or ecclesiastical upheaval. These pages have contained no shock and awe, no scorched earth tactics, no Daisy [...]
