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2 years ago today was Live Oak Church’s first weekly worship service. It was considered a pre-launch because we still didn’t even have our own home yet. First Baptist Church Johns Island graciously allowed us to meet in their youth room on the second floor of their fellowship hall. I went into the day withContinue reading “Looking Back”

Prayer…it is one of those things that everybody does, though usually out of desperation. Even mature christians find the spiritual discipline of prayer difficult to master. Funny because at it’s core it is simply talking and listening to God. We do that with our loved ones, we do that with our co-workers…heck we do thatContinue reading “Why is it hard to pray”

It was 1986 on Christmas eve in Columbus Ga. My entire family including aunts, uncles, cousins and friends crammed into my papaw’s two bedroom apartment for lasagna and gifts. My grandmother, who I named Morning when I was a toddler, came up with the tradition of lasagna on Christmas eve. Morning was an artist andContinue reading “Christmas Past”

A group of Rhino’s is called a CRASH…You know why?  Rhinoceros can weigh up to 7000 lbs.   They can run upwards around 40 mph. They can’t see very well  Too many leaders CRASH into problems like a rhinoceros with an attitude problem. I see a lot of leaders both political and “spiritual” running into theContinue reading “CRASH”

How many of you struggle with understanding God’s word?  How many of your read the bible daily? It is such an obvious spiritual discipline yet in my experience many believers don’t spend much time in the word…maybe we as pastors have not done a good job teaching others how….here are a few tips.  Psalms 119:105. “YourContinue reading “Time with God”

When you have an extraordinary amount of need and a very limited amount of resources then you can very quickly find yourself feeling trapped. I understand the feeling. I grew up poor…actually I grew up po, I heard it said that I was so poor, we couldn’t afford the O and the R…so we wasContinue reading “Do you feel TRAPPED?”

I don’t know if we could have expected anything less than chaos for the election cycle. I don’t know who won the presidency and we probably won’t know for several days. However, if I had to guess I would say that Biden won. It just feels that way to me. I don’t think it wasContinue reading “Silver Lining”

There was a line that I used in my message yesterday and I truly believe it was from the Lord. Missional Faith lies in that very small place where you have total dependence on the Lord and an unwavering expectance that he will faithfully accomplish the plans he has for you. I can tell youContinue reading “Dependance and Expectancy”

“These are crazy times.” That phrase is about as played out as it gets these days. With 2020 being such a dumpster fire it doesn’t surprise me that the presidential campaign is as crazy as it is. You have Trump who has so many personal issues I don’t even want to go into it andContinue reading “Should I vote?”

So, tis the season to begin seeing pumpkins showing up on porches all over America. Pumpkins with scary faces, smily faces, crosses, witches, football team logos and for some reason the prevailing pumpkin face usually has 1-2 good teeth. Carving a pumpkin is a family tradition and it is lots of fun…amazing when you thinkContinue reading “Social Media Jack O lanterns”