I have the awesome privilege of coaching the 13-14 year old Dodgers, my son's rec league team.  We have a pretty good team with solid talent.  We've had some good practices and I have to be honest, I checked out about 3:00 yesterday to begin thinking about our first game. I probably had more butterflies [...]

What a great day at Journey yesterday.  The band did an awesome job as always, but something happened during the song after the message that I can only describe as God showed up and brought the house down!  They sang "Inside Out"… we've done that song a bunch of times, but something about yesterday just [...]

Just finished reading For the Tough Times by Max Lucado.  Very timely book especially with all the uncertainty in our nation and world today.   Lucado always has a great way to articulate the things we are dealing with in our lives.  With all the fear, doubt and tension going on in our world today, [...]

Today is a special day in the Taylor home.  It's my wife, Sonja's birthday. I'm not stupid enough to tell her age, but I will tell you that she is an amazing woman.  For almost 20 years she's been an amazing wife… she's been by my side in ministry the entire time and she brings [...]

Yep.  Thought that would get your attention. We had a great day yesterday despite about 1000 technical glitches.  Elliott was about to come unglued several times. Videos didn't work, ProPresenter messed up, there was a hum in the sound system… That's enough to make a technical director cuss– I'm not saying he did, but I [...]

Ever since twitter came out I've been neglecting my blog.  I've watched my blog posts dwindle to only 1-2 each week.  Other leaders I know have quit blogging altogether in favor of twitter, facebook and other social media.  I even heard one guy say "blogs are dead".  I'm not sure I'd go that far, but [...]

Spring Break + Rainy Weather = usually a very low crowd.   We were off about 50% which is pretty normal for us when college students are out of school.  Trey, Meredith and Chris G led worship in a kindof acoustic style… but it rocked!  Our people were really engaged in worship.  Nothing special about [...]

One of the best conferences around is Unleash 09 at NewSpring Church.  Perry Noble and his staff and volunteers do an amazing job of casting vision, equipping people and getting church leaders fired up to reach the world for Jesus Christ.  I'm kindof bummed because I couldn't be there. But I am watching it LIVE [...]

What a great Sunday!  75 degrees, clear skies, God showed up at Journey and did some awesome stuff! What a difference a week makes– last week we were throwing snowballs at each other, this week I'm wearing short sleeves to church! I officially have Spring Fever!  We started a new series ESSENTIALS yesterday- I've been [...]

 Here are a couple of great books I'd love to recommend.  They are very easy reads and even better, they can spark some amazing spiritual conversations.    Dinner with a Perfect Stranger by David Gregory You are Invited to a Dinner with Jesus of Nazareth The mysterious envelope arrives on Nick Cominsky’s desk amid a [...]