The other day on one of the gazillion blogs I read about some things churches would never do or things that would never change—it got me to thinking. What about us? What about Southbrook? Are there some NEVER’s that it would be helpful to acknowledge at our own church? Read Full Story
Several years ago while my family and I spent Thanksgiving with the victims of Hurricane Katrina we all learned the difference between being thankful “TO” and thankful “FOR.” And believe you me, there is a HUGE difference.
People who are Thankful “For” mention things like…
I’m thankful for my iphone
I’m thankful for my talent
I’m thankful for my stuff
I’m thankful life’s so comfortable
People who are Thankful ... Read Full Story
This month so many good things happen it’s hard to narrow things down. But, I need to laser focus my ADD self regardless so here goes…
The ‘special element’ we pulled off yesterday to illustrate that things go viral from just one person was awesome. It only takes one! But pulling the thing off was anything but easy. It took many champions! First and foremost among them had to be Raina Newman! As I said earlier, her stock went up tenfold in my book!
Also, a special t... Read Full Story
Back by popular demand…
Ok, ok, so only one person mentioned the absence of the mind dump last week—that’s popular enough for me to get on it! Especially since I have a lot to unload after this weekend.
One of the toughest weekends to prepare for ever! Seems whenever God is going to move big, Satan moves in small, obnoxious ways first.
Despite all this, one of my favorite weekends ever!
54 people trusted in Jesus Christ for salvation! THAT never, ever, ever gets old!
Rain... Read Full Story
Have you ever met these guys? The Church Planting Zen Masters? The Start Up Yodas? These are the guys who have spent zero time in the trenches, zero time in boot camp, zero time on the field, and 99.9 percent of their church experience in the bleachers. Read Full Story
When it comes to sin, have you noticed that everyone seems to have an subconscious scale of sorts? I’m talking about that spiritual gauge we apply to others and seldom (if ever) apply to ourselves. The following are common ways I’ve heard it applied: Read Full Story
Trail fail ain’t fun—that much you can be very sure of.
If you don’t have any idea what I am talking about, go to yesterday’s post, here, or just scroll down.
So, the gist of what I’m saying is that we ‘become what we are committed to.’ We head straight for that which has our complete focus. It happens with nasty obstacles on a mountain biking trail and it happens in life.
Focus on other women when you’re married and you will soon be stuck wi... Read Full Story
No, this isn’t a political post. It has nothing to do with that.
This has to do with my quiet time this morning.
I’m still in the book of Numbers and learning anew about disfunctional leadership and followership. Today it was both. The situation (Cliff Notes version) was that Moses sent out 12 spies to ‘scope out’ the promised land (which is interesting in and of itself since God told them the land was already theirs—but that’s another post for another ti... Read Full Story
