Chuck Norris Sermon Series

29May08

“If you can see Chuck Norris, Chuck Norris can see you. If you can’t see Chuck Norris, you may only have seconds to live. “
There really is only one Chuck Norris. The unmatched tough man of tough men. I’m thinking we need to do a sermon series called “Chuck Norris faith in a world full [...]

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A Weekend of Celebration

28May08

We had a huge weekend!
First, we had a huge picnic with our life group…amazing people…and a whole bunch of friends that we invited, most of whom are new to the church or haven’t been yet.  It was a crazy fun day!  There were somewhere between 50-75 people there and we grilled out, played and ran [...]

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How to go to Church

21May08

Have you thought about the fact that many people in the world and even in our American culture have never been to church and would not know what to do if they went.
 
Will there be assigned seats?  Or, a pop-quiz on the sermon?  What do I wear?  Do I have to believe to participate? Etc…
 
This [...]

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Tom’s Shoes

17May08

What a great idea…I’m ordering my pair. The second commercial stars the kids of my friend, from Asbury, JD Walt.

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Leadership Network Innovations Briefing

13May08

I’ve been in Dallas yesterday and today for the Leadership Network Innovations Briefing.  I’ve had the great pleasure of hanging out with some incredibly gifted leaders.  I had dinner with Warren Bird and Greg Ligon who wrote the Multi-Site Church Revolution and have probably done more research in the area of Multi-Site Churches than anyone else.  They [...]

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AT&T and Starbucks

09May08

 
I’m loving that I can now get online at Starbucks with my AT&T account.  I’m much better at writing in a coffee shop than my office, but it’s always been a pain that I couldn’t connect while at Starbucks.  Now I can stay connected and work even better while I enjoy Norah Jones and the [...]

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Jesus Prom Video

09May08

I’ve written before about the Jesus Prom at Southland Christian Church (my former church while in seminary).  It’s a party for special needs folks that they hold every year and people drive hundreds of miles to attend.  All the local news stations cover it and there are hundreds of volunteers that make it happen.  I [...]

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Florida splitting into two states?

06May08

I just caught wind of this article about some South Florida local governments that want to split Florida in two, south and  north.  Will it go anywhere?  I don’t think so, but it’s pretty humorous to think of the idea.  I grew up in North Florida and lived three years in South Florida and can say [...]

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More from the Orange Conference

05May08

 Here’s a picture from the crew at Orange Conference.
On the trip I learned more about the concept of Orange.  Orange revolves around the idea that the family and the church working together to minister to kids and students has an exponentially greater chance of succeeding in raising strong Christian leaders and building the Church.  Yellow represents the Church as the light of God in the [...]

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Orange Conference 2008

02May08

The eight of us that went to the Orange Conference had a great time together. Here’s a little recap from the main sessions:
Session 01: Reggie Joiner
- the world is in need of “loving father churches” and not “older brother churches”
Loving Fathers…
-are preoccupied with whoever is missing
-operate from a context of forgiveness
-throw parties
-confront older brother thinking
-keep [...]

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