When I show up in the mornings to spend some time with God, many times I jump straight to what is important to me – petitioning for my needs. Recently at a training retreat, I was encouraged to change this up a bit. The suggestion was to enter my time seeking God by meditating on [...]

This morning as I was taking in my first cup of coffee to clear out the cobwebs of sleep, I stumbled upon a video from a Matt Chandler sermon while surfing the web. Even though I had seen this video message clip before, today it seemed to be the day that I was supposed to [...]

… the most important reason why people stay at your church plant is relationships. Hopefully we hammered home the importance of you preparing and implementing strategies to build the relationships necessary to “earn the right” to keep serving these newcomers for our Lord. From David Jacksons Blog on “Five More Reasons Why People Will Stay [...]

When is the right time to go into verbal battle over an issue of Christian doctrine? What topics prompt a call to arms and which ones are allowed to pass through your territory unopposed? Can we truly agree to disagree for the sake of unity and still preserve the purity of the Church? It seems [...]

About 15 months ago, my Pastor and friend, Gordon Duncan called me on a Sunday night around 9:30. He said he needed a wingman to go check out a mercy case that had been referred to him by the local police department. So, within 15 minutes I was in a car with Gordon on the [...]