Today, through a series of seemingly random events, I had the chance to witness a young man named James be baptized. It was deeply moving to say the least… especially considering I know his story. James has been Buddhist his entire life, but today he made a public profession of his love for Jesus. The… [Read more…]
September 24, 2008
Just got back from lunch at the catalyst office…it was awesome. They invited several church planters out today for a gathering to just network and share. Ben Arment, who you can link to at the bottom of this page, was a great host, and is great guy. My first time meeting him and he was… [Read more…]
September 23, 2008
Just got home from the local Gospel Music Television studio where they were filming a Christmas special featuring hip hop artist. Da Truth; Fanatic; and Ambassador were there…straight rippin it…and it was great to meet these guys and put faces to the music that has kept me going through a lot of changes lately. It’s… [Read more…]
September 17, 2008
So we talked the other day about my former Chameleon Community, and the big question I would be left with is, “How do you lead a group of people when you don’t know when they will show up?” The answer is that you get into their lives…you become a part of their everyday, then the… [Read more…]
September 14, 2008
Today was my first Sunday away from New Hope…it was strange, and a little bitter sweet. We actually want to take the next few weeks and visit a few local expressions to get a feel for the spiritual culture here. I use that term very carefully, but it is a viable one. Every city, town,… [Read more…]
September 13, 2008
This will likely be one of two post that will be my last concerning the ZAO Community. There are two very interesting dynamics to this community that I think can benefit most anyone in leadership, but especially those that lead in a young adult or college age setting. A chameleon can accurately be described as… [Read more…]
September 12, 2008
So we are here now, beginning to gather with people who have an interest in being a part of what we will be doing as an expression of the Church. In case you are wondering why I say expression of the Church, is because Jesus only established one church, not several, and so each local… [Read more…]
September 11, 2008
The next day my meeting went great with North Point, it last for nearly three hours, and I left there feeling like this was a definite possibility. In fact all of the chips were stacked in my favor when I caught a peek at the profile write up that the recruiting firm had done on… [Read more…]
September 10, 2008
So back in May my former Pastor returned from vacation with a renewed sense of the specific vision he had for those he was Pastoring, and he felt that in order to execute it fully and with excellence that he needed people surrounding him that were in it for the long haul…one problem though, I… [Read more…]
September 9, 2008
From the very beginning of my coming into vocational ministry, I have known that I was a church planter…it’s in my DNA. Every community I have ever been a part of as an associate pastor I started something from the ground up. At victory I started with ten people for our college group “The Bridge”;… [Read more…]
September 28, 2008
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