Monday and Tuesday I spent in Gulf Shores, AL at the Edge Conference for Church Planters.  I had the privilege of helping coordinate this conference along with Mike Mozingo from Journey Church in Millbrook and Otis Corbitt and Jamey Pruett from the Alabama Baptist Convention.  We had some great main session speakers like Ritchie Miller, [...]

I’m writing this blog from Gulf Shores where I’m getting ready for the Edge conference for church planters. Glad to be able to get away for a couple of days. I’m looking for God to speak to me about some very big decisions. Here are some of my thoughts about the day today: We were [...]

Just finished reading Larry Osborne's new book, Ten Dumb Things Smart Christians Believe.  Phenomenal book!  The tag line is "Are urban legends and Sunday School myths ruining your faith?"  Larry takes 10 things that are commonly held beliefs by unsuspecting Christ followers and debunks the myth.  He uses sound biblical principles and tells great stories [...]

What a day!  I've always heard the Sunday after Easter is usually a bomb… not at Journey!  We had an awesome day. first time guests came on Easter came back!   The place was packed again and we had a room full of kids in the nursery, preschool and JourneyKidz rooms.  I was pumped!  We [...]

I think those terms are On Easter we began a series called "I Need a Bailout".  I have to admit when we were praying about our Easter series, I wondered if anyone would come for a series of messages tied to such a politically charged, highly emotional term like "bailout".  But I'm pumped about the [...]

a lot of prayer and preparation went into the Easter Sunday at Journey.   I'm so proud of our volunteers and staff for the hard work they did.  Our setup crew led by Helene Whaley did an amazing job getting the school ready.  Setup was at 5:30 Saturday, but Zach and I went to shoot [...]

I'm so excited about this weekend at Journey Church.  It's going to be one awesome weekend.  Obviously, the celebration centers around the fact that Jesus is alive and no longer in the grave!  Because Jesus rose from the grave we can experience hope, forgiveness, mercy, purpose and love like we've never known before.   We've [...]

If you could see my iCal calender on my MacBook Pro, it looks like Skittles… it's a rainbow of colors, each of the colors represents a role in my life– Personal, Family, Creative/Communication, Ministry, Leadership, Administrative, Growth and a few others.  The colors help me make sure that I'm not neglecting anything and it lets [...]

Finished ESSENTIALS series today talking about URGENCY. I love talking about how God orchestrates events in our lives to bring people into a relationship with Him. I'm amazed that people allow the tyranny of the urgent keep them from fulfilling the mission God has created them for. I'm already getting excited about Easter at Journey. [...]