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Red State/Blue State Theology

I love politics. I love the strategy, the passion, the differing messages and the use of debate to get your point across. It is fascinating to me. However, this year it is almost sickening. The red states are redder and the blue states are bluer. The mudslinging is embarrassing and makes me wonder, where isContinue reading “Red State/Blue State Theology”

Coffee Shop Sabbatical

Yesterday I closed on the sale of my coffee shop City Falls Coffee. It was a short stint. We began remodeling in October and opened on New Years Eve. Many questioned why? I will be honest some of the reason was the excitement of trying something new and different, some of the reason was toContinue reading “Coffee Shop Sabbatical”

New Adventure

Well here we go again. After much prayer and deliberation Audra and I agree whole heartedly that it is time to get back into full time ministry. It has been about a year sabbatical for us and I will blog later about what working in the secular world has taught me but the conclusion remains…IContinue reading “New Adventure”

Jesus WANTS to be known

I was doing some reading through one of my devotionals today and it brought me to a familiar story. The woman at the well found here. However, this time as I read it the Spirit led me to an entire different perspective. Not of the woman or of the disciples but of Jesus. He wentContinue reading “Jesus WANTS to be known”

Return to WHAT?!?

I was reading a book this morning and I won’t reference it because that is not the purpose of this blog but in it there was a chapter that discussed the danger of modernity in the church. It went on to whine about the same old stuff about a lack of theology and too muchContinue reading “Return to WHAT?!?”

Ditch the Elephant

I’m reading this old book that my pastor gave me and in it is a chapter rich with counsel on burnout. In this chapter is a glancing reference to an economic strategy for streamlining. Look at your spreadsheet and find the elephant (big thing). If you cut a bunch of little things you have stress overContinue reading “Ditch the Elephant”

Sun Stand Still

Few preachers impress me. I have been in ministry over 18 years and I have been through the Rick Warren and Bill Hybel craze. I was there when Erwin McManus first got barbaric and Andy Stanley created environments. I remember when Steve Hill yelled his way through the Brownsville Revival. Today, I love me someContinue reading “Sun Stand Still”

Community Impact

Our church’s name is Pointe North COMMUNITY Church. The name is no accident. We are here for a purpose to care for our community. We need to provide clean water in Africa. We need to rescue girls from slavery in Thailand. We also however, need to take care of the needs in our own backyard.Continue reading “Community Impact”

Pulse

Tonight I relaunch a bible study that we tried last year with very lackluster results. Last year we launched a High School bible study called Pulse that met on Sunday nights. It was just me, a bible and some students. The problem is that Sundays just don’t work for our church. No matter what theContinue reading “Pulse”

Organic Discipleship

We are taking a new direction in our church when it comes to making disciples. The church is calling this “Trader”. In the realm of youth ministry we are calling it “Organic” It really is nothing new but I wanted to share with you a bit of what I will be sharing with our SmallContinue reading “Organic Discipleship”