Last week I finished reading John Ortberg’s new book, “God is closer than you think.” I’m going to give this book 2 major thumbs up! There are times I’ve read a book at the right time and it totally blesses me. Well, this is one of those times. I spent a couple of months in a dry season and this book totally got me juiced up again. The word pictures John paints using famous the masterpiece “The Creation of Adam” and then the funny drawings of Waldo in the “Where’s Waldo?” books have given me a new perspective on how … Read More
Movie Trivia
In the spirit of always wanting to create totally useless things to amuse, I’ve decided to do a weekly movie trivia post that will be sure to expand your horizons of useless information. As always, there are no prizes to be won (Except for the pride that one feels your mind is as filled with nonsense as mine is) and no outside resources (Outside of your own twisted mind) can be referenced. Here goes: In 1977, what was Alec Guiness’ (Obi-Wan Kenobi) major complaint while filming Star Wars: a New Hope? Was it… a) He wanted to play Darth Vader … Read More
It’s Raining…Pee!
No, you didn’t read that wrong! In our office yesterday, our Youth and worship Pastor Mark found that it was raining urine in his office. (Just think about that for a moment) Apparently, the bathroom on the second floor had a pipe break. Anyhow, the leak (No pun intended) has been fixed and everything is OK. I wrote this because no matter how bad of a day you’re having, it’s probably not raining pee in your office. Aren’t you relieved? (Another bad pun) Have a great day!
Top 5 communicators who have Influenced Me
Since last week I talked about the books that have most influenced me, I decided to have this week’s top 5 be the 5 communicators who have influenced my communicating… #5 – Ed Young – I remember hearing Ed for the first time. I was taken back by how relevant the message was to everyone in the room. I still talk about "The Chairs" or different types of people in different circumstances of life that we preach to each weekend. That’s a common phrase in our office. His use of visuals and video has changed the way I communicate. Major … Read More
Dixie Cup or 50 Gallon Drum?
Bruce Johnson had a great post today about our capacity to lead and how it directly relates to the opportunities God gives us as leaders. It’s great to have you posting again Bruce! This is great stuff! Read it here.
A New type of Conference?
What if we changed the way we did conferences in the church? Instead of all the megachurch Pastors teaching how they went from 0-10,000, what if we took a new approach? What if Pastors of churches around 1,000 taught church leaders of churches under 1,000. Then the churches around 5,000 taught the church leaders of those between 1,000 and up. I know there’s a million factors as to why many people wouldn’t go for this (Mainly because there are much more smaller churches than larger ones and I would venture to say most of the conference tickets are purchased by … Read More
Does Size Matter?
Todd over at MMI had a great post yesterday about the adverse affects conferences can have on Pastors. While I have never personally experienced this from attending a conference, I have felt this after reading books or hearing the stories of other churches. I felt like a loser when I read Rob Bell’s story and heard about 10,000 people attending in 6 years. (A note to those that are anti-numbers: I know this isn’t the only way to measure a church’s effectiveness, but we can’t ignore that it is A way to measure) What I’ve come to the conclusion of … Read More
Top 5 Books that have Influenced Me
I thought I’d do a Top 5 this week that’s a little more serious and talk about the books that most influenced me as a Christian. All of these books I have read more than once and I refer to them on occasion. These books are in no particular order because each of them played a significant role in my life when I read it. To borrow a phrase from the movie "The Hurricane": "Sometimes you pick the book. Sometimes, the book picks you." That was me with these old "friends"… #5 – The Pursuit of God by A. … Read More
MP3 Madness
With all the talk about MP3’s as of late, I thought I’d let you know that our media geniuses have put my latest series "Elements" on our church site for free download. I can’t guarantee quality, but what do you want, it’s free! Also, they have put 1 minute clips on MP3 from our radio show "Fuel" on the site as well. You can download them here.
Blessed by the godfather of Blogging
I was in total shock when I saw my introduction on Terry Storch’s blog today. I’ve seen the influence that Terry’s blog has and the great insights that he shares, so I was humbled and blessed to have him say the kind things he did about me & my little blog. I felt as though the godfather of blogging had given me his approval. Terry, it was very kind and I thank you (But please don’t make me kiss the ring).
