Worship Team Communication

It has been a few weeks since I posted a worship team training thought on here, so I wanted to post something I had been working on.  This month’s value is unity: leading with selflessness. We are a team.  The musicians, technicians, and host team.  We all work together to make one thing happen: we …

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The Trinity: 1+1+1=1

In constructing correct doctrinal beliefs, we each must wrestle with the issue of the Trinity. The Trinity is the term used to express the belief in the Christian Godhead as one God in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The Trinity is one of those beliefs that Christians claim to hold, but we often …

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NS Staff vs. Sonshine (The Basketball Game of the Century)

Last night, North Side’s staff took on the Sonshine ministry in what proved to be the basketball game of the century.  The Sonshine ministry is a service we do for clients from the Burton Center, a ministry that assists adults with special needs and disabilities. We lost.  Badly.  The final score is 126 to 52 …

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What Eli Has Already Taught His Dad

Eli is still weeks away from coming home, yet he has already taught me, his father, so much.  If you didn’t get to catch his story, you can do so here.  The short version is God has called Amanda and I to adopt an orphan from Ethiopia who has some special needs.  Due to severe …

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God: More Than the Man Upstairs

Today was another great day at North Side.  Since I was out of town this week, I just got to come and worship today.  It was great!  No leading, no preaching, I just came and worshiped.  It was so refreshing.  And I was also so humbled to be led by our team.  Amanda, Angela, and …

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Book of the Week: Forgotten God

This week’s book of the week is by Francis Chan entitled Forgotten God: Reversing Our Tragic Neglect of the Holy Spirit. Chan has been a mentor of mine from events, sermons, and writings.  I believe he has been placed by God in this generation to wake the church up and invite us back to walking …

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Does God Hate Haiti?

If you are like me, the pictures on the news are still too much to bear.  With questions abounding and people making statements concerning God’s judgment or God’s absence, I wanted to address some of those comments.  As soon as I wanted to, I read Southern Seminary’s president, Dr. Al Mohler’s response, and I can’t …

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Help for Haiti

Help for Haiti All of us have been devastated over the recent days with the images that have come across our screens.  The chaos present in Haiti is overwhelming.  As the church, we are called to meet those needs. There are many great organizations for you to give to in order to help, and we …

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“God Is…” (RELI 101 Survey)

This post is dedicated to my new batch of students this semester taking RELI 101: Sacred Texts and Ideas.  Please only students in this class comment on this post.  All the rest of you are welcomed to read the intriguing data collected, but please don’t submit a comment. Class, here is your assignment: Submit 1 …

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New Compass Feedback (Share the Love)

We were thrilled to be able to introduce a new and improved Compass layout last week with the brand new edition.  This new edition highlighted the Crawfords at our church who have been married for 71 years!  I love how the covers have been showing the plethora of members that make up our church.  God …

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