The Journey

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My wife is a great scrapper. She does her scrapbook layouts in Photoshop. She is awesome…and don’t miss she does them on a PowerBook.
Also she has her own [...]

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My two most favorite people in the entire world – the gorgeous lady in the gucci shades is Debbie (my wife) and the cute guy hugging on her is [...]

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With a new baby in the church how could I resist posting one picture of the most beautiful lady in the world (who just happens to be my wife) [...]

Only a few weeks from our 12th anniversary (March 26, 1994) and I got to thinking about marriage.  As a pastor I would like to share a few words with each of you.
MARRIED COUPLES:  Never forget the covenant.  Write their name in blood on your heart.  Honor your marriage.
SINGLES:  As your pastor let me say [...]

I just read a great post over on Michael Hyatt’s blog about responsiveness being a huge part of his success.  Link
  After reading this the thought occurred to me that responsiveness and responsibility both have the same root word – RESPONSE.  A huge part of WINNING THE BATTLE is just to respond, SHOW UP.  Not [...]

I just posted this on the Direct Connect blog and thought I would repost here as well.
Kevin Hendricks over at churchmarketingsucks.com just made this statement “Web sites are the new visitor packets. Blogs are the new newsletters. Podcasts are the new radio.”
Well, we have the web site, the blog and the podcast is on it’s [...]

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We had a powerful weekend. There is a tremendous spirit of revival in the church and we are pushing hard through prayer and fasting. We are [...]

Don-Andre had a great post.
“lead by example”, is a mainstay of leadership training, corporate statements and seminars. Jesus went to the fishermen, to the multitudes, to the publicans, to the sick, to his freinds, to prayer…and then he said, You Go.
I am re-posting my comments here.
Great post. When you read the gospels, the life-story of [...]

Earlier I created and wrote a welcome for the blog of Direct Connect.

An article I was reading on Wired reported that “The planet’s population is projected to reach 6.5 billion at 7:16 p.m. EST Saturday, according to the U.S. Census Bureau and its World Population Clock.”
My mind went to John 4:35 Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto [...]