I’ve come to the conclusion that Pastors live weird lives. Why do I say this? Because most of the Pastors I know have weird stuff happen to them all the time. I feel like Ezekiel at times. God had that poor guy go through so much crazy stuff simply to illustrate what God was going to do. That’s what happens to us as well. I find that every time I’m preparing a message and I can’t find a good way to illustrate something, God always helps me out by allowing me to get into some kind of bizzare situation. That’s … Read More
Best Communicators We’ve Never heard of…
I always enjoy reading Perry Noble’s blog and I enjoyed his post from the other day about his favorite communicators. Not surprisingly, his favorite communicators are mine as well. But it got me thinking, "Everyone has heard of Rob Bell, Andy Stanley, Bill Hybels, and Erwin McManus. But who is in the next tier that we haven’t heard of but should know about. Who are the guys that we will be hearing about in a couple of years that are doing great things, they just haven’t hit a national platform yet? Anyone have some suggestions?
Love Story Begins…
Today we kicked off a new series called "Love Story". I’m teaching through the book of Ruth. The whole service was great. I felt great about the message (You can listen to it here if you want). The drama we did was hilarious. The band played "One" by U2 (I love that song). There were several people who prayed to receive Jesus and start a relationship with Him. It was an awesome Sunday.
Church Planter or Church Planted?
John over at planterblogs.com (which is a really cool concept by the way) asked me a question about when a church ceases to be a church plant and just becomes a church. I’ve blogged about this before, but I want to offer a new idea to the mix and see if I’m a heretic or not. Here’s my latest theory: Rick Warren, Bill Hybels, Greg Laurie, etc… – all of these guys planted their churches that are now 30 years old and I think we can agree that their churches are no longer church plants. They are established ministries that … Read More
Birthday Girl!
Today is Carey’s Birthday (That’s my wife for those just joining us)! She would never make a big deal out of it, but if you get a chance, could you go on her blog and wish her a happy birthday. I would appreciate it. I love you sweetheart!
Losing a Staff Member
Yesterday was Jason’s last day. He has served in many capacities over the last 5 years, most recently being our children’s Pastor. Jason, John Solaroli (Another one of our Pastors), and I started this church just over 5 years ago together. We had no idea what we were doing. None of us had ever read a book on church planting (to our shame), but God was gracious and we have seen Him work in amazing ways in us and through us. But it was really weird saying goodbye yesterday. I felt as though it was the end of an era. … Read More
A new friend…the ipod video
Last night I took all my birthday money and the gift certificates that some friends got me and I went to the Apple store and got the new ipod video. It is totally amazing! I haven’t downloaded a video yet, but I’m hoping to do so shortly. I bought the 30 gig because it’s not bulky like the 60 gig. This thing rules! I sold my old ipod to a new church planter in our area, so I’ve been without one for a couple of weeks. But now a new friend has arrived. Life is good…
What a Week!
To say this week has been crazy would be the understatement of the year! Hurricane Wilma hit us pretty hard and of course I didn’t prepare at all! We had no food in the house (in our defense, we were in the process of moving), no gas in the cars, and no shutters on the windows. But God got us through it. We stayed at Jason’s house (our children’s Pastor) and ate burgers and hot dogs EVERY DAY for 5 days. I don’t know if I will ever eat a hot dog again after eating a dozen dogs in less … Read More
Escape from Miami!
Here’s the latest: 35.5 million people have no power. 98% of FPL customers don’t have service. But what’s weird is that I do. The townhouse (Which I recently sold) is fully powered (hence why I can type this). but to make a tough hurricane situation worse is that I’m in the process of moving. So what did I do while Wilma was coming through? I was packing boxes! Now I’m driving in between powerlines & downed trees to move boxes and my other goods. But everyone’s fine. Power is restored at our theatre and we will be having church on … Read More
Update on Wilma
Hey Everyone, Hurricane Wilma is literally passing over my house and thankfully everyone is fine. We just lost power. I’m writing this from my Treo. Right now, about 500,000 homes are without power. The eye should be passing us in a few minutes. Please prayfor us. There should only be a couple more hours left.
