There’s a couple of blogs that I recently added to my blogroll that you may or may not know about. They’ve got great stuff, so check them out… Bill LaMorey – Bill was our administrator here in Miami until he went to go plant Calvary Fellowship in Hartford, CT. He’s a Yankees fan, but please don’t hold it against him. Actually, feel free to hold it against him! New England belongs to the Red Sox! Period. Anyway, he just started blogging, so give him a warm welcome. He’s one of the funniest guys I know and he’s the only one … Read More
Book Review: The Dream Releasers
I enjoyed The Dream Releasers by Wayne Cordeiro, pastor of New Hope Christian Fellowship in Oahu Hawaii. The book is about discovering your own God-given dreams and releasing the dreams of others as well. What I kept thinking while reading this book is how much I needed a person like this in my life at different times. It would have made things a little easier, to have an older, more experienced person in my life to bounce things off of. The other thing that stood out to me is the ability that we have to mentor young men that didn’t … Read More
Pink Slip
We kicked off our colors series this morning and talked about stewardship verses ownership. We talked about who has the pink slip on the stuff that has been entrusted to us. One of the things we have been intentional about over the last couple of years is to talk about stewardship, not just tithing. Unfortunately, in the first 3 years of our church, I’d talk about finances once a year and apologize the entire time. The health and wealth thing is pretty big in Miami (to the degree of credit card machines at the front of the stage) and I … Read More
Toys R’ Us Update
I guess my post about my recent experience at Toys R’ Us has grown legs because I just got this email from their customer service department: Dear Valued Customer, Thank you for your inquiry. You recently contacted us about our Retail Stores. This is an automated response to your email. Your inquiry is important to us and we will answer it within 24 hours. If you are looking for a Toys”R”Us or Babies”R”Us store near you, please use our online Store Locator at www.toysrsinc.com. We provide two convenient ways for you to contact us. You may email us from the … Read More
Laser Tag
Michael Foster (Who has a great blog, by the way) tagged me, so here goes… 1. One book that changed your life: On Being a Servant of God by Warren Weirsbe 2. One book that you’ve read more than once: An Unstoppable Force: Daring to Become the Church God Had in Mind by Erwin McManus 3. One book you’d want on a desert island: Lectures to My Students by C.H. Spurgeon 4. One book that made you laugh: Now I Can Die in Peace: How ESPN’s Sports Guy Found Salvation, with a Little Help from Nomar, Pedro, Shawshank, and the … Read More
I Want My Two Dollars!
I took my niece and nephew to Toys R’ Us today to buy them a kickball and what I experienced what a total disaster. The kickballs were on sale for $4.99. Sounds good. I picked up 2 of them and an old school wiffle ball and bat (I could have won the Cy Young award of Wiffle Ball if such an award existed – I’m that good!) Anyway, we get to the register and there’s 5 people on front of us and only 1 lane open. This sends me through the roof. (Don’t managers check sales by the hour to … Read More
Growing to Remain the Same
I said goodbye to 2 families this weekend. They are both moving out of the state and I was able to recommend some good churches in their area. These moments are always bittersweet for me. I’m excited by what God is doing in their lives, yet I’m sad to see such great people leave us. Selfish? Probably. But I feel it nonetheless. But it got thinking about something that’s a reality for every church: attrition. Every church experiences attrition to one degree or another. People die, people backslide, people get upset, and people move. It’s the natural reality of ministry. … Read More
Let Me Help you
If you’re checking my blog everyday, why not subscribe to it? Check out Bloglines or feedburner and this way you can get the RSS of my blog and check a bunch of others in minutes. This way you can track with a bunch of great blogs without the hassle. Isn’t that what’s all about? I track over 50 blogs through bloglines and only go on the sites to leave comments and occasionally check what people are reading. So do it and thank me later!
Teaching the Bible
I was blown away to learn that since we started almost 6 years ago, I have taught 17 books of the Bible. I feel doing that consistently has given the people who come to our church a hunger for God’s Word. I find there’s a disconnect between the guys that want to be creative and the guys that want to teach expositionally. I have always sought to be the middle ground of teaching through the Bible creatively. We think through the theme of the book we are going to teach and title it appropriately. Our graphics and videos reflect that … Read More
