It’s official…
I am not going to read any blogs for the next month starting tomorrow.
In addition to my month long blog reading fast, I am going to fast from soft drinks, sweet tea, and juices (from the sugar) for the month of March. Practicing discipline and trying to do something, whether you need to [...]
Shutting it Down…
Do You Really Want it?
Michael and I are in Naperville, Illinois (a suburb of Chicago) at a Multi-site conference. We both seem to have a fascination with snow and living somewhere with 4 legitimate seasons. However, after cleaning off the windows and windshield of our car in 25 degree temps, I have slightly modified my point of [...]
Learning Experience?
Every church planter, not matter how thorough they are in their preparation, nor how many meetings they schedule before their launch can avoid every pitfall. Some of the pitfalls are avoidable others make you scratch your head and say, “Yeah, I can see why that was a dumb idea.” We pulled that this Sunday even [...]
Tag Applied For 3
Like the energizer bunny people just keep driving and driving…without a tag. Based on my experiences at the Tag Office I might do the same thing, but come on people…get a license plate on your car!!
Burn the Ships
I got an interesting question for a church planter the other day. It was in reference to a question on our 6-month staff evaluation, which is, “If Oak Leaf Church was to move, would you move with us?”
His question was what would you do if someone said, “No” or “I would have to pray [...]
Dirty Dishes
I was reading and praying the other night and I was asking God to make me a clean vessel through which He can work. I imagine that I am not the only one that has prayed that prayer, but I got this immediate mental image that stuck with me while I prayed.
If you are a [...]
Shutting it down…
I heard a sermon yesterday at the Churchplanters conference that has me seriously considering a drastic step in my personal, spiritual, and leadership development. Stephen Furtick who is the pastor of Elevation Church in Charlotte told the group of pastors, pastor’s wives, and church planters that they needed to stop practicing Mr. Potato head [...]
Are we on the same page?
I don’t know where this quote originated, but I’ve heard it said, “You will never be on the same page unless you have an actual page.” In other words if you have expectations, goals, and behavior you would like to see, you better put it in writing. Then you better make sure the [...]
