
Today I leave for my good old hometown of Dallas, TX. I’ll be hanging out at the ECHO Conference for the next few days. If you’re going to be there, please find me and say “hello”. I’m looking forward to being back in a city that I love and getting to see several friends from [...]
The following is a blog post from my friend, Terrace Crawford. If you can give anything (this week) to help him get to Philly – that would be awesome. Read his words: Our team has been preparing for this experience for months on end now and we’ve been raising funds to help our team get there; [...]
Last night I returned from my weekend in Phoenix, AZ. I was there doing a secret shopper at Christ’s Church of the Valley on Saturday and Sunday. I had a great time with CCV and have a great respect for their church and their desire to do what they do better. Sunday night, I went [...]
For the past year I worked behind-the-scenes on a great project – training for church planters from the comfort of your own home or office. For years, church planters have had to travel to Church Planter Roundtables around the country (paying for their flight or gas, hotel and conference registration, meals, etc.). Now you can [...]
Continuing on with the theme of God can use anybody. I’d like you to take the time to read the short book of Philemon in your Bible. I had the privilege of secret shopping Bayside Church this past Sunday in Sacramento, CA. Their worship pastor, Lincoln Brewster, lead worship and it was awesome. BONUS: I [...]
I hope you’ve enjoyed the variety of guest posts lately. I’ve enjoyed them and they’ve really freed me up to write. My book has 40 chapters. I’ve written 37 of them and will hope to finish the book this week. I’ve also been traveling. Last weekend I did a secret shopper in Kansas City and [...]
In the last 4 weeks I’ve been to 6 churches (including my home church one Sunday). I visited: North Point in Alpharetta, GA (pastor Andy Stanley) Mountain Lake in Cumming, GA (pastor Shawn Lovejoy) Buckhead Church in Buckhead, GA (pastor Andy Stanley) NorthStar in Kennesaw, GA (pastor Mike Linch) West Ridge in Dallas, GA (pastor [...]
Today and tomorrow, I’ll be attending the Velocity ChurchPlanters.com conference in Cumming, GA at Mountain Lake Church. Speakers include Rick Warren, Steven Furtick and Dave Gibbons! If you’re there, I’d love to meet you. Should be fun. You can follow the action on Twitter.
The first time I realized the power of withholding the drums until just the right moment was in Phil Collins’ genius song “In The Air Tonight”. That’s when I “got it”. The following is a video of him playing this live in his Farewell Tour (I have this DVD – because Phil Collins is a [...]
This week we have 2 doctor appointments (Monday/Tuesday), then an MRI on Wednesday. We’ll go see family in Houston for Thanksgiving and then return for an appointment with 2 different surgeons the following week. Please keep lifting us up in your prayers.
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