“Coming Home” – New Solo CD Coming Soon!

I have some pretty exciting news this morning: I am releasing an album in a few weeks.  While the final details are still being worked out, I’ll give you what I got right now. Back when we accepted the call to adopt, I wrote a song for our coming son.  Without ever seeing his picture or knowing his story, I …

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2 Evangelism Extremes

Our C-Group had a great conversation about intentionality concerning sharing our faith last night.  Amanda and I continued to talk about it last night.  I thought I would share with you 2 evangelistic extremes that may not be the best models: In college, I saw two extremes of the outreach.  The first extreme was the Holy Roller.  I went to …

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The Person in the Tree

What a great Sunday @ North Side!  We had a blast as we continued to go through “Who Are the People in Your Neighborhood?”  This week we focused on “The Person in the Tree.”  Like Zaccheus, there are many people who are trying to see Jesus but they can’t because the religious crowd is getting in the way.  Today’s service …

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Public Worship vs. Private Devotion

This week’s worship training tip has to do with value #2: credibility – leading with integrity. Never let your public worship exceed your private worship. At my first Passion event years ago, I hear Beth Moore say that she never wanted her public worship to exceed her private worship.  She said that it is very easy to get excited about

Update on Eli (Getting Closer)

We did receive on update on Eli yesterday.  With our agency, families pass through court in groups and then also travel together.  Group 91 to Ethiopia was processed through court yesterday, and we were not on the list.  While that is sad, it seems very sure that we are going to be in the next group.  The next group will

Passion 2011 Live Link: What a Night

Last night, I got the privilege to take some friends to Passion 2011 Live Link.  The event was hosted at Center Stage in Atlanta but was being broadcasted all over the world.  Passion was celebrating their CD release, “Awakening,” which is out today.  So thousands of people joined in live over the internet from all over the world.  We were

The Person in Your House

We started a new series today called “Who Are the People in Your Neighborhood?” with the topic “The Person in Your House.”  I am so excited about this evangelism series.  Jeff was so transparent and shared his own failures and fears and it spoke to my heart so much.  Challenged the fire out of me too – check it out

Book of the Week: Getting Things Done

This week’s book of the week is David Allen’s Getting Things Done.  The funny thing is I am a week late on this book review because I have had too much to do!  I made it 7 weeks into the new year with a book a week, and I failed miserably on the week I was reading a productivity book.

Who Are the People in Your Neighborhood?

This Sunday, we are starting a brand new series at North Side called “Who Are the People in Your Neighborhood?”  The heart of this new series is a call for personal evangelism. We want our people to live the lifestyle of a missionary in their daily lives. Specifically, we want our people to be attentive and intentional about connecting with