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Change is hard?
Saturday, 11 Oct, 2008 – 6:00 | No Comment

You have probably heard it before. “Change is hard.” I started hearing this when churches like Fellowship, LifeChurch.tv, Willow Creek, and Granger started growing. All the churches started trying to change, and the people didn’t …

Essential vs. Non-Essential
Tuesday, 30 Sep, 2008 – 22:51 | One Comment

My wife and I own a direct sales business and one thing we are careful of is not to force it on anyone. Why? Because the reality is that the direct sales industry is …

New Creation
Friday, 26 Sep, 2008 – 13:00 | One Comment

I mentioned in a previous post about the new cd that the worship team at our church is coming out with. Last weekend they did one of the songs and it was insane! My …

Closer to the Start
Tuesday, 9 Sep, 2008 – 23:59 | One Comment

I’m laying in bed and I should be asleep because I have to get up early. Every night I find something on my iPod to listen to while I sleep. Tonight nothing was hitting the …

Tears of Passion
Monday, 21 Apr, 2008 – 23:22 | One Comment

I have been having some crazy, good conversations lately. Man, I’m talking the kind of conversations that are so intense, that tears of passion are flowing down people’s cheeks. I have these conversations …

Decisions
Friday, 11 Apr, 2008 – 16:45 | 2 Comments

There have been several decisions in the past week that I’d like to share. First, and less significant, I am officially changing my major back to music. Partly inspired by August Rush confirming …

The church, FO’ REAL
Tuesday, 8 Apr, 2008 – 19:33 | No Comment

My dad is on staff at Journey Church in Norman, Oklahoma. He was telling me about their new series they are doing called the Blessed Life. It is about how being blessed is …

How He Loves Us
Tuesday, 1 Apr, 2008 – 21:23 | No Comment

This song is absolute sickness! It is the band from Bethel Church in California. It’s about 9 minutes long, but worth it.

You’ve been “quoted”
Sunday, 30 Mar, 2008 – 19:37 | No Comment

I saw this quote from Mark Beeson on Clark Mitchell’s blog.
Three days ago Rick Warren proffered this question for me to mull over. What is the mature church? I knew immediately how I would respond: …

I’m pumped!
Monday, 24 Mar, 2008 – 9:04 | No Comment

I mentioned in my last post that Michael Gungor Band led worship at our church. Man, it was so refreshing. I loved it. I spent the afternoon with a bunch of young guys …