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My name is Craig Lovelace and I’ve been working to develop disciples and plant churches on college campuses since 2013. We use this page and newsletter to update our ministry partners! If you want to follow our story and hear amazing stories of God working subscribe today.

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What do you do with a faith gap?

God's doing big things and we're asking for more... Hey friend, One of the hardest things in life is living in the gap between sowing seeds and reaping a harvest. Maybe it’s personal or spiritual growth. You’ve put in the work to grow and learn as a person, but you still feel stuck. Or maybe it’s in the realm of parenting. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve felt like I was making all the right moves as a parent and yet it felt like the change wasn’t coming. Or our kids just weren’t...

Maybe ignorance really is bliss...

I’ve learned a few helpful lessons from this digital detox. I want to share a few things over the next couple of weeks and then give a full recap of the experience from the first week of September. Let me ask you a question. When you watch the cable news, read news websites, or scroll social media and you hear about all the bad news going on in the world what do you think? Is the world actually as bad as it seems online? Is it worse? I’m not sure about the answer. The world is probably worse...

Why I'm doing a 30-day Digital Detox

Hey friend It’s been a while. Let me tell you, this summer has been a little different than recent summers for me. Our kids are all home and my wife is now running a business. Let’s just say that consistency isn’t the best descriptor of my schedule. But that’s OK. Some seasons are like that. I try to remind myself often that life comes at us in seasons. We might find ourselves in a season that isn’t ideal, but it’s just a season and seasons always end. Today I want to share with you an...

The first step is noticing.

Where you look is where you go. Have you ever noticed this principle when you ride a bike or do anything on wheels requiring balance. You might even notice this when running or walking. Whatever direction you’re eyes look is the direction your whole body will drift. But the same applies to life in in general. What you focus on finds it’s way into your reality. Now, I’m not talking about manifesting or any new-age mumbo jumbo like that. But this principle can sometimes feel like that. I call...

Vacation like you mean it...

If you had to give yourself a grade on how well you vacation, how would you score? Two years ago, I would have likely given myself a solid D+. Trending upward, but overall, pretty terrible. I often didn’t unplug well. I would be distracted and thinking about work the whole time. The biggest challenge for me is switching off quickly enough so I don’t waste the first three days of vacation thinking about all the open loops at work. Today, I think I’m more like a B+. I’ve learned that I actually...

A few great resources from another Craig (Groeschel)

Hey friend, Sometimes we just need to admit that we can't do it all. This week was one of those times for me. I've been extra busy and was out of town all last week so this week felt particularly crammed. So, I'm leaning on another Craig to help me out this week. Luckily, Craig is a much better leader than me and consistently creates incredible content. So here are a couple of resources from Craig Groeschel, author of multiple books, pastor of Life Church, and host of the Craig Groeschel...

Friday is the New Monday – Habit #4

Finally, Full Circle Habit #4 is something I call Friday is the New Monday. This is a silly little nonsense phrase, but once you get it, it changes the way you think about the end and beginning of your week. A few years ago, I realized one of the most painful parts of my week was Monday morning. I'd show up for the work day feeling hurried and frazzled, overwhelmed by the amount of things on my plate. But it didn't just affect Monday. It was almost impossible to relax on Sunday. By about...

Do this before you go to sleep... Full Circle Habit #3

Habit 3: Bedtime Brain Dump The third habit is to manage your world is what I call the Bedtime Braindump. If you're jumping in here at number three you can find the first habit HERE and the second one HERE. This one is pretty simple. For a few minutes before bed, I ask myself a few questions and write down some thoughts in my journal. It doesn't take long, usually only about 5 minutes, but it has a massive impact on my ability to find clarity the next day and to sleep well – it's one more way...

Open loops are killing your productivity...

Hey friend, Happy Friday. I don't know where you're reading this from but where I live in the PNW we've just wrapped up our second week of warm weather and I couldn't be happier about it. This week, I want to bring you the second habit out of four in the Full Circle Habit Stack To review, Habit #1 was all about identifying what you can actually control and freeing yourself from the anxiety of feeling responsible for things you can't control. This week is about managing the things you can...

Anxious? Try to focus on what you can control.

Back in the summer of 2021 I was beginning to feel burnt out and started to hit a wall. I’d been leading on empty for a while and managing the chaotic growth of our organization without making the appropriate changes. In September of that year, I visited a friend and he walked me through a two-day "life mapping" experience. What I learned was different than what I expected. I got a ton of clarity about my life. I got greater clarity on my calling. But most importantly I learned the core issue...

My name is Craig Lovelace and I’ve been working to develop disciples and plant churches on college campuses since 2013. We use this page and newsletter to update our ministry partners! If you want to follow our story and hear amazing stories of God working subscribe today.