The Difference Between Organization and Discipline

A couple of years ago, I read a line in a book called Big Idea by Dave Ferguson.  In this book, he lays out how his staff handles a logistical nightmare in how they plan.  The way their church organizes around one thought and gets so much accomplished requires a ton of work.  When I read it, I was a …

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Landmark: Chapter 3 Saved (I am going to make it…)

After all of my scholarly reading and my theological writing that I have embarked upon over the last few months, I have finished the first draft of chapter 3 and I only have one theological phrase to utter: woo hoo! I am currently listening to Crowder’s “We Win!” blaring in my home office and getting jacked up!  Finishing this chapter …

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Date Night

I wanted to inform you of a great event we are planning at North Side: Date Night. We’ve been talking about doing something like this for some time, but now we finally got the plan together and the timing is right.  Here’s the specifics: Objective:  A fun evening for married couples at North Side intended to jumpstart a romantic date …

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Studio Video #10 – Interpretive Movement

Studio work is going great. The North Side crew has been cranking it out with Anthony over at Addeybug and we are getting real close. All the instruments are tracked (unless we hear something else we need), and the majority of vocals are done. We went through five vocalists yesterday! We had already gotten three, and now we have four …

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Project Rationale #3

Here is the third rationale for my doctoral project: A third rationale behind this project is a desire to achieve a partnership between parents and the local church. If parents are to teach their children the ways of the Lord, they must be intentional about bringing spirituality into their conversations. Many parents, upon realization of the biblical mandate for parenting, …

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Project Rationale #1

Why I am doing this doctoral project?  Rationale #1: Above any other notable rationale behind this project, the greatest reasoning behind equipping parents to be the primary evangelists in their children’s lives is because the Bible commands it. The biblical mandate for a child’s spiritual development is unashamedly centered around the home. The family’s role in the spiritual rearing of …

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Chapter One is Done, Son!

Whew. As I am continually working on my doctoral project, there is a certain time line you have to work through. And if you get held up at any place, it effects everything else! I printed and proofed chapter one which serves as the official project proposal. It has to be approved through three different layers, and once I get …

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Obie in Lowe’s

Obie is fighting his naps pretty regularly now. We know if he doesn’t get his nap in, he wants to eat before time, but then he falls asleep. All to say, if he misses nap time, our day gets pretty out of wack. Yesterday, he was asleep in the car, so we decided to take him into Lowe’s. I don’t …

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