I’m heading out of town on Wednesday to teach and learn from a group of Pastors in Tampa (really looking forward to that!). Then I’m heading to Hartford, CT where I’ll be teaching an assimilation seminar (info here) on Friday. So today (Tuesday) is my last day in the office before I head out. It’s causing me to work faster, delegate tasks, use technology to my advantage, and empower others to follow through on certain things. I think it was Zig Zigler who said, “Why not work everyday as though you’re going out of town the next day? You’ll get … Read More
The William Hung Preacher Club
I still get nervous every Sunday morning before driving to church. I think to myself, “I wish someone else could teach this message. I don’t know if it’s good enough to teach to God’s people.” But I get in the car, pray all the way to church, and to quote William Hung, “I gave my best performance and I have no regrets.” I used to pray that God would take it away. Now, I want it to stay. I believe it keeps me dependent on God. It reminds me that I’m simply “dust”. I never want to stand in front … Read More
Sunday Stuff and Other Stuff…
– Today was a mixed bag. 3rd service was great. 2nd service was pretty good. 1st service was lame. – Taught on how to study the Bible. People seemed to respond to it really well. I purposely didn’t do a Father’s Day message – We gave away copies of Wild at Heart to every guy today. That was cool. – Attendance was good. Great to see so many guys at church on “their” day! – I am loving our TXT series so much, I expended it 2 weeks 🙂 – Looking forward to my message on the 22nd. I’m going … Read More
A Few Book Reviews
Here’s a few books that I read recently that I’m not going to do a full book review for, but were helpful… The Back of the Napkin – The 1st 70 pages of this book were great. The big idea of solving problems through pictures is worth picking up the book just for his explanation. I walked away with several ideas of how we help people take next steps and using pictures to help people in the process. Stimulated – The chapter on changing your office environment to stimulate creativity was really good. I got a lot out of that … Read More
Evangelism Seminar
Just something to put on your radar: We’re going to be hosting an Evangelism seminar on July 24th from 9AM – Noon. I have greatly benefitted from this seminar personally as we have seen over 200 people come to know Jesus in our services this year! I don’t know if there’s a more important subject for church leaders than evangelism. Click here to register for the seminar and for more information. I look forward to seeing you there. By the way, if you’re in the New England area, I’ll be leading an Assimilation Seminar next Friday (June 20) in Hartford, … Read More
The Preacher and His Message
Here is my relationship with every message I teach: Wednesday: I love it, I can’t wait to teach it Thursday: Anticipation building. This is going to be awesome! Friday: I can’t look at it anymore! I hate it. I wouldn’t teach this message at gunpoint! Saturday: It might not be as bad as I originally thought. This might actually be preach-able. Sunday: I think it went pretty well. I don’t know how, but God used it. I wish I would just say what I wrote 🙂 Monday: I’m never preaching again! Tuesday: I’m thinking about preaching again 🙂
Sunday Stuff…
– Awesome Sunday! – We kicked off a new series called “TXT” You can hear the message here – The message went over really well. I taught on the purpose of the Bible. – Mark is on vacation sitting under a palm tree in the Keys, but Hector did a great job leading worship – There was a hideous sound that came out of our speakers during worship in the 1st service. It sounded like a demon was being exorcised from our sound system (not that I have 1st hand knowledge of what that would sound like) – The church … Read More
Book Review: How to Become a Great Boss
I’m a big fan of Jeffrey Fox’s books and How to Become a Great Boss doesn’t disappoint. This book does what all books should do: cut out the fluff, short chapters, and right the point! This book is 50 chapters of wisdom and you can read it in less than 2 hours. In the spirit of the book, I’ll make this post short and give a few highlights: – “Whether intentional or not, the great boss shapes the organization, because the company does what the boss does.” – Don’t hire because you have a deadline.” – “The great boss eliminates … Read More
Sunday Night Thoughts… (Monday Morning Edition)
– Sunday went great! – It felt great to be back! – Teaching on the will of God is always a fun and eye opening message – I wasn’t expecting attendance to be as good as it was since school got out this week – We finished our Frequency series. I’m so glad we taught that series! – I’m really looking forward to our new series, “TXT: Rediscover the Word of God”. It starts Sunday. We’re going to cover the purpose of the Bible, how to study the Bible, and the history of the Bible. Should be fun! – I’m … Read More
