Welcome! Brett Lilly is Lead Pastor at New Life Church of Woodbury, MN. Pastor Brett desires to “continue the conversation” beyond Sunday morning and, through this blog, delve more in depth into topics and truths that impact our lives today.
How is your mental health? Not too long ago if I asked you that question you probably would not have known how to respond. Mental health was not a thing. Focusing on your own mental well being was completely a foreign concept. For many people that is still the case today. Yet we live in …
Dream Big. Talk Smart. A good friend of mine, Dr. Bruce Locklear, one of the premier educators of our time, uses this phrase often. We must dream big and then talk smart. For someone like myself I love this! I like to dream big. I do it all the time. I like to watch what’s …
“Be in the world, Not of the world” There is a good chance that you may have heard this phrase before. Two key concepts that this phrase is derived from are: Salt and Light Jesus said these words about these concepts: Matthew 5:13-16 13 “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt …
The definition of morality is this: principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good and bad behavior. This statement could be defined as the goal of every religious entity that exists. It is by nature the responsibility of moral teachers to teach their disciples what it means to live a good life verses …