I am sitting in my office at 6:45am right now and I got here 25 minutes ago. I like to get to church really early on the days I preach. I look over my notes and my PowerPoint one last time. I practice my “talk” one more time out loud. I love the method of [...]
Victor finally put this up on his site so I could grab it. This is a video that some of our college students made for our College Ministry Christmas Party that had a theme of The Office tv show. It’s a full 20 minute episode of The Office based on our Student Ministries at Calvary [...]
Well, it’s official. We announced to our Calvary Church staff today that I am moving into a new position. Starting sort of now and officially in January, I am the Executive Pastor of Ministry at Calvary Church. Michael is the Executive Pastor of Administration. If you’re not in ministry, it’s like Michael is the CFO [...]
Did you realize that New Life Church heard about the YWAM shootings and beefed up their security? They had an armed security guard on the premises who was the person that shot and killed the gunman who had killed the church-goers. They said they had a plan for this kind of thing. Right now my prayers [...]
I have been reading Simple Church lately and it’s a good book. We do make church too complicated. We need to simplify what we do and be willing to cut programs to make the ministry we do more effective. Making disciples is the key. How to do it? Get people to connect with God and [...]
I have done the Strengthfinders test from Now Discover Your Strengths or Living Your Strengths a couple times now. We have been discussing them with our VP3 group at church lately. Here are mine:Responsibility – this means I feel a deep sense of ownership in the things I do and I feel personally responsible for [...]
Today is what we call a One Service Sunday at Calvary Church. We cancel all children’s, youth, and adult Sunday School classes and have everybody in the big Worship Center for one service at 9:30am. I don’t have any responsibilities in today’s service. I will show up a bit early and Bea and I will [...]
I’m preaching today in Elevation on 2 Samuel 7. Pray for me if you think of it. The service is from 10:45-12noon.
Last night a Jr High had a superhero theme and I was wearing a huge Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle mask covering my whole head. It was fun to walk around and have nobody know who you are. I would walk up to people and not say anything and it would freak them out. They would [...]
