“What is the most valuable use of my time right now?” – this is a question that I ask myself a few times a day. I have a limited amount of time to accomplish a huge amount of tasks. This requires me to decide what gets done, delegated, delayed, or deleted. 1. What gets Done – this is the stuff that is most important on my list. It is the stuff that only I can do. 2. What gets Delegated – anything that someone else can do. The general rule is that if a person can do a task 75% … Read More

Plan your day the night before – Before I go to bed, I sneak into my home office and write down the 15-20 things I need to accomplish the next day. They vary in size, shape, and scope but once I write them down I know they’re going to get accomplished. If you wait until 10AM to plan our day, it’s over. Your morning is half over and several small fires have already hit your desk. But if you will take 15 minutes the night before to plan your day, you will get twice as much done, and more importantly, … Read More

Eat That Frog! – I got this tip from a book by the same title, but the principle is so true! If eating a frog is on your list of things you have to do in a given day, here’s the tip – eat the frog first! If not, the frog will be looming over you all day and you won’t accomplish much because you’ll be distracted. If your frog is a conversation you need to have, then have it first thing in the morning so you can get it out of the way and you can get on with … Read More

Manage your energy – Understanding your own rhythms is one of the best ways to get a lot done in a normal work day. Like many people, I have most of my creative energy in the morning, so I never book appointments in the morning (except our weekly staff meeting). This time I use to write, study, research, and create. Afternoons are when I’m at my creative lowest, so I use that time to have meetings, return email, write thank you cards, and clean my office. The point is, you have to manage your energy wisely or you’ll find things … Read More

The Channel 10 interview aired on Sunday night. I wish it had air on a different night, but what can you do? I think they did a pretty good job. Funny enough, they used the “B” roll from the last interview they did with us. Hopefully, this inspires some people to check out Calvary Fellowship this Sunday!

Here’s the truth – sometimes Pastors can be the worst time managers. When in reality, the nature of our calling demands that we be excellent managers of out time. So this week I’m going to share a few time management tips that have helped me be more productive in the same amount of time. Bundle similar tasks together – If you have 5 calls to make, make them one after the other. This way, you don’t spend too much time on each call. You are able to give each call the time time it deserves without chewing the fat for … Read More

– Today was one of the best Sundays in our history! – We kicked off our Stripped series and in a big way! – We had 700 in attendance today! (I rarely share numbers, but had to today) – The crowd was awesome! People were really into it. – Song of Solomon is a great book! I’m totally into teaching this! – Turns out Y100 was talking about our billboard on their morning show. They were very positive about what we were doing. Pretty cool. – The band was rockin’ as always! – Tons of first time guests (I’m still … Read More

I think the Channel 6 interview went well. I felt I was more articulate on the Channel 10 interview, but you get sliced and diced so much, I don’t know if it matters. We got bumped from Channel 10, but the story should air tonight. We’re praying that all of this results in people being curious and coming to check out the church and hearing the Gospel. I’m so excited about this series of teachings through Song of Solomon. Update: MSNBC picked up the story. Here’s the link: click here Update: The video can be seen here in the top … Read More

Crazy day! I did an interview for Channel 10 and then Channel 6 back to back about our new series and billboard. If you live in South florida, both interviews are going to air at 11 o’clock tonight! I’ll try to post the interviews later. I’m really excited about our new series Stripped: The Naked Truth about Relationships! It starts Sunday!

We’re starting a new series on Sunday on the subject of sex and relationships. To promote the series, we bought a billboard off the 826 expressway in Miami. Conservatively, probably a 100,000 people will pass this billboard everyday. Well, Channel 10 (ABC affiliate) called us and wants to interview me today regarding the series. I think this series is going to have a big impact.