Here’s the video intro that Carey made for our new “crash” series. It’s compressed to 2.8 MB. This way, you won’t have to wait all day to download it. Also, it’s in Quicktime. If you don’t have Quicktime (which means you don’t have a Mac), get right with God and download it here. Enjoy…Download CRASH-web.mov
The Timing of Change
I had an interesting conversation this week with a Pastor and I was reminded of the importance of how to implement change. I shared some things with him and when I was talking, I was remembering all the dumb mistakes we’ve made over the years in regards to changing things. So before you turn your church upside down because you just got back from the coolest church ever or the best conference in the universe, consider this: #1 – Get your staff on board – I know you’ve heard from God, but your staff needs to hear from you. Give … Read More
Summer is Officially Upon Us…
We had a great service today. It felt great to be back after being out for 2 Sundays in a row. People seemed excited and into our new series “crash”. We spending some time in the book of Daniel. That dude was awesome. “No, I won’t have your non-kosher food, thank you very much.” I love the integrity of that 17 year old kid! Anyway, a bunch of people were out. Some of our staff was out of town. I encourage our staff to take vacation during the low times in the church calendar. The last day of school was … Read More
Book Review: Frequently Avoided Questions
I started reading Frequently Avoided Questions by Chuck Smith Jr. and Matt Whitlock a few months ago. I was so impressed by the first 75 pages that I bought a copy for my entire staff. We started reading a chapter a week and discussing the thoughts that Chuck and Matt brought up. What transpired was some meaningful dialogue that stretched our faith and inspired new ideas. While I didn’t agree with everything that as written, that’s not the point of the book. The point was to start looking at the questions with a new perspective. While I think Chuck and … Read More
