Archive for February, 2009

If You Are Near

Posted: February 27, 2009 in Launch
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Help us spread the word with this new link:  www.originrsvp.com Copy and paste this into an email to your friends and people you know near Chattanooga, TN, Ringgold, GA, etc. and let them know about our launch on April 5!  Thank you!

Book List

Posted: February 27, 2009 in Leadership
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The following book list is a list of books that have changed my whole line of thinking and look at life over the last 20 months. 1.  The Secret Things of God- Henry Cloud 2.  3 Seconds- Les Parrott 3.  Confessions of a Pastor- Craig Groeschel 4.  Reposition Yourself- T.D. Jakes 5.  The Laws of [...]

Warfare Continues

Posted: February 26, 2009 in Church Planting
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Jeff Gonzalez, Executive Pastor at Origin Church, and I were in an hour long conversation yesterday and decompressing over the challenges, the pains, the toughness of our lives right now as we plant a new church and we basically just unloaded our poison together and felt better.  At the end of the conversation, we asked [...]

A nice Easter extravaganza coming to Ringgold-Chattanooga for every child to enjoy!  More to follow!

We are going to ask the people of Origin to do 4 things well: Worship on Weekends  (invest & invite others, intentionally give) Serve Somewhere (inside & outside Origin) Small Groups (connect for real life in groups of 10-12) Family Ministries (0-19; our lifeblood)

Andy Crouch Quote

Posted: February 24, 2009 in Quotes
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Culture change starts with 3 people!  Look at Google.  A small group can maintain the suspension of impossibility.  Then, they draw in 12, which brings depth and new resources.  Then, up to 120 where they all care about the vision.  They love, “getting it done.”  All of us have a three who can create something. [...]

The Shack Book

Posted: February 23, 2009 in Thoughts

I’m halfway through it; hard to put it down.  William Young’s creativity is pretty phenomenal!  So far, a very sincere ability to make heartache understood.  Looking forward to finishing!

James Ray Quote

Posted: February 19, 2009 in Circumstances
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The Warrior acknowledges that there are superior forces which guide him through the circumstances of life and death — his call is only to pay attention and to act without hesitation.

5 Losses

Posted: February 19, 2009 in Circumstances
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Over the last 10 days, five of our close friends have seen loved ones pass from this life to another……..Public thoughts, prayers, and lots of love out to The Stilwell’s in the loss of Mike’s dad, The Fossett’s in the loss of Amy’s dad, The LeGree’s in the loss of a dear family friend, The [...]

Just About Done

Posted: February 18, 2009 in Launch
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We should be releasing, in the next few days, our RSVP for you to use to send to your friends that do not have a facebook.  This will be really helpful for us as we ask you to help spread the word so we can better plan for our launch day.  In other words, The [...]