My ears are still ringing!  Sunday night it was Skillet and TobyMac.  Last night my son, Seth and I went to see Switchfoot in Birmingham.  The concert started right around my bedtime and it was loud!  But I had earplugs.  The music was incredible.  I think Switchfoot is one of the best bands around.  The [...]

Despite the technical glitches and the random irritating things that happened on stage (with me, not the band, more on that in a minute) it was still a great time because God did some big things in people’s lives yesterday. The band did well, but it seemed when I got onstage our sound went haywire. [...]

Today is my wife’s birthday.  I will not tell you how old she is… because I want to live to see the day after her birthday!  Today we will celebrate.  Actually, we will  celebrate for the rest of the week.  She’s the person who taught me how to celebrate.  When I grew up we didn’t make [...]

Back in the saddle after a few days off visiting friends and family over spring break.  I loved hanging out with old friends and catching up but I was so ready to get back home and get ready for our last message in our Once Upon a Time Series. Joey and the Band rocked of [...]

I was reading in Matthew 15 today where Jesus quoted Isaiah saying:  ”These people honor me with their lips but their hearts are  far from me”.  Lip Service.  It’s one of the most dangerous things that can happen to the Church. Pretending and Performing to make ourselves look and sound better than our heart really [...]

What do Spring Break and Spring Forward have in common? 2 things that can kill attendance at a church. Especially if they begin on the same day. OUCH! We ended up with a pretty good crowd for a spring break. The worship was awesome… but don’t take that from me, I had several conversations after [...]

I’ve been thinking about this for some time.  My blog needs a makeover.  I have heard some great things about WordPress and I started making the move.  I have to be finished by the end of the month because that’s when my typepad renewal comes up.  I’m cheap.  I would rather not pay for stuff [...]

REPENT. It’s a hard word. To say…and to hear… The emotions that it uncovers and the images that it projects are of a street preacher with no compassion or mercy screaming the word at the top of his lungs telling everyone they’re going to hell if they don’t repent. But I have a different thought [...]

We are having a blast in our series called "Once Upon a Time".  I hope you'll plan to be there this Sunday and bring a friend with you.  It's going to be an amazing Sunday.    We will be baptizing several of our teenagers who gave their lives to Christ recently and, as a former youth [...]

I can't believe that Easter is just one month from today.  It's going to be a amazing day at Journey and I want you to know well in advance of a couple of things. 1.  We are beginning a new series on Easter Sunday called "FEARLESS".  It's based loosely on a book by Max Lucado [...]