– Today was crazy! Miami Lakes decided to do a Veteran’s Day parade that surrounded our theatre and made it nearly impossible to get in. When your official direction include the phrase, “Then cut through the parking lot”, you’re in trouble. – I’m so proud of our folks who got through the maze at made it in! – I was blown away by the number of guests had today! People who want to know God will put up with a lot to find Him. – Mad props to our setup team! They were directing traffic better than the cops that … Read More

– Today was my birthday. It was a great day! Mia got me an awesome card! – I felt great about the message. I don’t know if God spoke to anyone else, but God spoke to me 🙂 – Tons of first time guests today, which was great. – My friend Gus from Calvary Coral Springs was at our church today. It was great to see him and meet some of his team. – We’re having Pastors visiting us just about every week. I’m starting to feel like I’m living in Atlanta. All I need now is an accent and … Read More

– Church was great today! Talked about what greatness in the kingdom is (service). – 31 people indicated they wanted to begin serving! – We have over 50% of our people involved serving already, so this is exciting! – I went to the preview of the IKEA store in Sunrise. Pretty impressive. – Watching Heroes Season 1…totally addicted 🙂 – When we started our elevate series in September, I was praying for every person to take 1 significant spiritual step. I’m looking forward to sharing the results because it’s looking very good! – I don’t want to talk about the … Read More

– Today was great! 16 people gave their lives to Jesus! – Met a lot of new people on Sunday. – People are taking next steps in their faith. Nothing excites me more. – Looking forward to my time in Tampa this week with some Pastors. It’s always a great time of growth for me. – I bought Heroes season 1. OMG, it’s amazing! Carey and I watched episodes until we both passed out. – I was at Target and bought 2 pens with Dwight Shrute’s face on them. That’s just quality merchandise. – I dropped the Dolphins for my … Read More

– Talked on the Rich Young Ruler this morning. I really feel like God gave me something about this story. – I feel like for the first time in 7 years, we’re really getting it together. Our staff is totally unified and we’re seeing what we need to do to get to the next level. – I’m learning more right now than ever! – My Small Group is going awesome! 20 college students. I’m the oldest guy by 8-14 years! I feel old every Tuesday night! – Mia turned 8 months old today! I love being a dad! – Mia … Read More

– Today was crazy at the theatre! The concession stand got torn out & they decided to retile the lobby…on Sunday morning! In the words of Animal House, “Thank you sir, may I have another?” – I taught on marriage today. Got a lot of good feedback. Then again, no one ever walks up and says, ‘Hey, I really hated everything you said!” – Lots of first time guests today! It’s exciting to talk to unchurched people who are interested in connecting with God. – If you haven’t seen what we’ve done to our children’s classes, you have to check … Read More

– Today was insane! I don’t know what the count was, but even the first service felt full! – We turned 7 today! We’re officially a 2nd grader! – I am truly amazed that I get to do what I do. I was watching a guy today at a supermarket that looked depressed at work. I’m so glad that God called me to Pastor this church! – This was a crazy week! Next week should be back to normal! – Made to Stick was a great book! I’ll review it in the next couple of days. – We had hundreds … Read More

A few things I’m thinking about… – iWork ’08 is rockin! Steve Jobs must have found out everything that drove me crazy about version 2 of Pages because he upgraded about 90% of what I was hoping for. Keynote still makes Powerpoint look like a prototype 🙂 – Is it me or is there no new music that’s any good? The newest stuff I’m listening to was released in the early 90’s. I listened to “The Cars Greatest Hits” on my way in to the office today. I’m becoming one of those people! “Let the good times roll!” – Psych … Read More

Here are favorite posts of the week… – My man Rod Pearcy is back in the blog game. “Welcome back…your dreams were your ticket out…” – Chris’ post was great about actually being a Pastor to those in your church. Who thought that this would become such a novel concept? – Move over Weird Al, because Perry’s posts (here and here) about being fat were great. I struggled with my weight for years until I decided I wanted to be able to serve God for a lifetime. I echo Perry’s thoughts. – Thin guys like Ben can tell us about … Read More

After watching all the hoopla (here, here, here and here) over computer bags lately, I’ve officially gotten the itch to get a bag too. Just great!