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Sermon Planning

May 1st, 2009 · 3 Comments

Yesterday morning I sat down with two other ministry leaders to plan out our year in sermon series. I have a love-hate relationship with this process. I love the freedom it gives us down the road. That’s right – freedom. Planning this far in advance, frees the team up to do [...]

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Tags: journal of a new lead pastor · leadership

An Incredible Lunch

February 9th, 2009 · 3 Comments

Had lunch today with Miss Marjerie Fox. It was like spending the afternoon with Angela Lansbury. She told me that her husband led her to the Lord after he was led to the Lord by a bar owner who was a customer of her husband’s beer distribution company.
But that wasn’t the most incredible [...]

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Tags: journal of a new lead pastor · lifewalking

Why Rick Warren Is Right

December 19th, 2008 · 5 Comments

It’s understandable why the gay and lesbian community is upset with President Elect Obama by picking Rick Warren to pray for him during his inauguration. Rick was very supportive of Proposition 8 in California which in essence forbid gay and lesbians to marry. I get why they would be a little upset about [...]

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Tags: church & emergent musings · leadership