Great Meeting!

Bob FranquizChurch

I just got back from having dinner with Alex McManus from Mosaic in Los Angeles.  Myself and 4 other Pastors met Alex at Larios on Miami Beach.  The food was good and the conversation was great!  Alex talked to us about some of what God is doing in other parts of the world and his vision to establish a mentoring network in Miami.  His belief is that Miami is the capital of Latin America and our city could become a "Hive" to train Pastors and church planters to reach the Spanish speaking world.  It was great to meet with Alex … Read More

World Baseball Classic – And the Winner is…

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…The Dominican Republic! There’s no question about it. Let’s go over the starting lineup for the DR is this new baseball tournament: 1B – Albert Pujols/ David Ortiz 2B – Alfonso Soriano 3B – Adrian Beltre/ Alex Rodriguez SS – Miguel Tejada C – TBA LF – Manny Ramirez CF – Jose Guillen RF – Vladimir Guerrero Starting Pitching: Pedro Martinez Bartolo Colon Daniel Babrera Bullpen: Francisco Cordero Julian Tavarez Antonio Alfonseca Jose Mesa Friends, This thing is over before it starts! I can’t wait!

What Pastors Need Most…

Bob FranquizChurch

Tony McCollum continues to knock the ball out of the park with another great post about encouragement.  This is so huge.  Check it out here.  And if you don’t have Tony in your Bloglines, what are you waiting for?

A Hard Teaching!

Bob FranquizChurch

"On hearing it, many of his disciples said, "This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?"  (John 6:60) There’s times in the life of your church when it’s time to comfort and other times when you have to give a hard teaching.  Sunday was one of those times when I had to give the hardest message I have ever had to give.  I had to talk about apathy and complacency.  I talked about what it really means to put God first and to walk with Jesus.  We talked about laying down our gods and giving God all of us … Read More