I need your help. We’re beginning to plan for a new series  and I’m doing a little research. We need to compile some of the best 80s music around.  Sure, I could go to the 80s websites and pick some, or I could be completely selfish and pick my favorites  (Van Halen, Bon Jovi, Gap [...]

Today I’m taking my wife, Sonja, to the hospital for her 3rd epidural (no we aren’t having a baby) in 6 weeks.  She’s got some kind of neck problem and this is suppose to relieve the pain and reduce the swelling and inflammation.  The first 2 gave her limited results… we’re praying REALLY HARD for [...]

I’m reading Earl Creps book "Off Road Disciplines:  Spiritual Adventures of Missional Leaders" and it’s (to use a Gary Lamb Term) FREAKIN’ AWESOME!   It’s been kicking my butt every page… It’s kindof like the book of James in the Bible… Pulls no punches, goes straight for the jugular.  Where it hit me most recently was [...]

Today was a great Sunday… we had a big crowd… lots of first time guests and the band rocked.  We had Connection Groups after church and I’m pumped about growth groups. Here are some thoughts from the day… The Band was great… But we’ve got to work on some transitions The video didn’t work… Is [...]

I’m not one to overspiritualize stuff… like this morning when I woke up at 3:00am and couldn’t go back to sleep.  I immediately played back all the stuff that usually wakes me up in the middle of the night:  1)Eat lots of chili, pizza or other spicy foods right before you go to bed;  2)Drink [...]

This weekend we’re celebrating our first birthday… yes there will be cake!  It’s hard to believe that a year has gone by… it seems like yesterday that I sat down with the pastor at my old church and told him I believed God wanted me to plant a church here in Auburn so people who [...]

We had a great weekend yesterday… I’m amazed at how God used the CONFESSIONS series to really work in people’s hearts.  God has been healing folks emotionally, spiritually, relationally throughout the last few weeks and it’s been exciting to hear the stories.  We had a "walk down front and bring your "confession" cards to the [...]

Summer’s officially over (except for the triple-digit temperatures) …school started back today.  I can’t believe I have a daughter in High School –9th grade, where everything begins to count on your "permanent record"  whatever that is.  She was pretty pumped about it… she woke up EXTREMELY early and cooked breakfast for the whole family. She [...]

I have been blown away at the response over the past few weeks.  I keep hearing stories of lives being changed and others confessing for the first time, or the first time in a long time.  God’s up to something in our church and in our community… I heard someone that doesn’t even go to [...]

It’s been a few days since I blogged last…mainly because we got new carpet in our house and everything’s been turned upside down for a few days.  It felt like we were moving again… Thank God we don’t have to do that… I hate moving furniture and I hated worse not having the internet…but our [...]