I'm signing off BlogWorld for the rest of the week.  Partly because I want to focus on time with the family, but really because the family we're going to be hanging out with for the rest of the week doesn't have internet access.  Yes I can live without it. (of course I do have my [...]

Got up at 4:30 this morning with my mind racing.  I don't know if it's because it's a short week or what, but there's a ton of stuff that needs to get done in the next 2 weeks.  I remembered that I didn't post anything yesterday.  Busy day, but I still made a commitment to [...]

Back to some of the great stuff I gleaned from TheSticks… Barry Worchester–  We have to be a church that is willing to take risks.  He gave us a chart that showed the population growth of the world… We will be at 9Billion by 2050.  We were at 3Billion in 1950.  Here's his big quote… [...]

I'll get back to posting my notes and thoughts about theSticks.tv conference but I ran across this article that had the top 10 most annoying phrases.  In the spirit of Letterman, here they are: At the end of the day Fairly Unique  I personally  At this moment in time  With all due respect   Absolutely  [...]

I’ll get back to posting my notes and thoughts about theSticks.tv conference but I ran across this article that had the top 10 most annoying phrases.  In the spirit of Letterman, here they are: At the end of the day Fairly Unique  I personally  At this moment in time  With all due respect   Absolutely  [...]

Mark Batterson  wrote In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day and Wild Goose Chase.  He is one of the smartest guys around.  He's a brilliant thinker and leader.  Some of the things he challenged me with during the Sticks conference was: "A mind shaped by a new idea will never return to [...]

I was grateful to my friend Dave Anderson from Crosspoint Church in Decatur, AL.  He called me a few weeks ago and made me an offer I couldn't refuse… He bought me a ticket to theSticks and invited me to hand out with their team in Loudonville, OH  Where the heck is Loudonville OH?  it is [...]

Yesterday my voice was gone… I sounded like I had chainsmoked Camels for year.  I could hardly talk… apologies for anyone who will listen to the podcast.  I did cough pretty loudly into the mic… sorry. I prayed more for yesterday than I think I have any service in a long time.  mainly because I [...]

I'm finally back in the office after riding in a van with my friends at Crosspoint Church in Decatur, AL for over 11 hours…( I thought I stopped having to doing that when I left youth ministry! I got back to Auburn at 4am this morning and my head is still spinning, but my heart is [...]

It’s 29 degrees in Loudenville Ohio! I’m headed into the conference with my friends from Crosspoint Church in Decatur. I can’t wait to hear from a couple of my favorite people in ministry- Mark Batterson and Tim Stevens. This conference is designed for churches in “the sticks”- small and medium size towns. Auburn qualifies. Im [...]