The Nines

Leadership Network and Catalyst are co-sponsoring an online conference on 9/9/9 called The Nines.

What if you could sit down across your desk with some of the best leaders in today’s church and hear what they would say to you? That’s the idea behind THE NINES.
THE NINES is a free one-day event that will [...]

A Church Practicing What It Preaches

This is a truly incredible news story. I’m slow to posting it so you may have already heard/read it. Basically, a pastor in Atlanta, Georgia made a promise before his congregation and the world that no matter what, their congregation would provide for any baby brought to their church. And I quote [...]

Treasure Hunting!

Treasure hunting is a blast.
Last night quite a few folks in our house church community got together to treasure hunt around Norman. I should probably explain that for all of you that might not be aware of what a treasure hunt is. Basically, a group of us gets together and spends 10 to [...]

The Hole In Our Gospel: Reviewed

My latest book as a Thomas Nelson book reviewer was The Hole In Our Gospel by Richard Stearns. Stearns is the president of WorldVision and this book outlines both how he came to find himself president of this magnificent non-profit and how it has changed him (transformed might be a better signifier).
It starts with [...]

Approaching Evil All Around Us (or Break, pt iii)

All of these thoughts trying to figure out evil, injustice, the demonic and other such dark things have their roots in a few stories that happened whilst our team was in Cape Town this past May. There are two in particular that I want to highlight in setting up this post (and any further [...]

Christianity in Crisis: Reviewed

One advantage of being a blogger is occasionally being sent books to read for free. It’s always nice to get the package in the mail and open it up and find some new tome to check out.
My latest experience with this is the book, “Christianity in Chrisis: 21st Century” by Hank Hanegraaff. I [...]

Break, pt ii

A major fact of our present civilization is that more and more sin becomes collective, and the individual is forced to participate in collective sin. Everyone bears the consequences of the faults of others.
Jacques Ellul

As I wrote in my previous note, the major issue I’m processing in regards to the recent mission trip my [...]

Break

Yesterday I was driving home from a friend’s house, reflecting on the recent mission trip I participated in. The song that came on my stereo brought tears to my eyes as I listened and reflected.
Its words are quite simple:

Where have all the wicked gone? Is there no one left to break you down? Where [...]

This has all happened before…

“All of this has happened before and all of it will happen again.” This theme permeates one current television hit, Battlestar Galactica, alluding to the cyclical nature of time and how humanity seems bound and determined to repeat history no matter the cost or havoc it might wreak on our society at large. In the [...]

Experiencing the Lord’s Kindness

Tonight at cluster I had the opportunity to talk about what I’ve been reading lately: 1 Peter 2:1-3. If you don’t have it memorized, it says:

So get rid of all evil and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. And yearn like newborn infants for pure, spiritual milk, so that by [...]