Jesus did a lot of His preaching and teaching comfortably seated on a hillside. Peter preached a fiery sermon standing in Jerusalem at Pentecost. The Apostle Paul reasoned with the elite. John pastored his seven churches through the written sermon. The point is: We all have our different and unique ways of communicating God’s Word. [...]
Archive for May, 2008
This is my first guitar. My mom and dad bought it for me in the early 70′s. It’s an Alvarez, and I still have it. It is such a great guitar and has an amazing sound, however, playing has never been my gift. I can play about three chords. I do love the arrangement and [...]
The May 11, 2008 edition of the Gainesville Sun newspaper had a great article on the millennial generation. The excerpts are as follows: An employer, thought, who is this person trying to tell me how to run my business…Eloisa Valdez, 28, was just being herself: Confident, articulate, and technologically saavy. Her ideas were good, like [...]
Ben Arment said some great things in one of his posts yesterday! It’s worth repeating and so well said: Ainsley and I are passionate about reaching the unchurched and believe that a church’s culture determines who you reach. This doesn’t mean you have to introduce secular culture into the church to relate to people far [...]
When I leave Bellevue, we’ll find out if there are any Adrian followers. The Jesus followers will stay.
Planting a church can be overwhelming! There is so much to do and sometimes you lose the compass of where to begin. There are six priorities always on my mind as we get ready to move to Georgia! 1. Need a good staff team 2. Fundraising 3. Getting our systems in place 4. Recruiting people [...]
I am ecstatic about being with Ben Arment and his conference, The Whiteboard Sessions, late next week. Also staying over for the church planting conference, to follow. Ben has a unique gift and ability to put together a conference that has been well thought out, planned, and executed. The favor God has placed upon his life [...]
The set production and color at the concert was out of this world! I can assure you of one thing: Just about every person in the building was engaged. They lifted their hands like they were in a worship service, sang, stood, applauded, yelled, and cried. No wonder the 18-40 year olds are filling up [...]
Legendary singer/songwriter, Dottie Rambo, was killed early Sunday morning in a bus accident near Missouri. I loved her songs. She will be missed! She wrote some of the greats: Tears Will Never Stain the Streets of that City We Shall Behold Him Too Much To Gain to Lose For What Earthly Reason If That Isn’t Love [...]
To say the least, mother’s are special people! It doesn’t matter how young you are or how old you get, your mother is the #1 stabilizing factor in your life. My mom and dad live in Mississippi, and this goes out to my mother, Ann Craven, who has been the best mother I could have [...]
