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Moving toward something bigger than myself.

culture of crapiness.

Welcome. I write for church leaders on topics like strategy and communication. Since this is your first visit, don’t forget to subscribe to my RSS feed.i know that’s not very PC (politically correct), especially for someone who’s supposed to be called to the ministry, but i think it’s the only way to truly get my [...]

sunday morning rocked.

yesterday, our worship service at celebration baptist took on a different feel. we had some new music…for us. we changed the stage setup. we changed the sound. we did some cool stuff with testimonies. nothing cutting edge, just new for us.
i got a lot of really good feedback from it. i think our people were [...]

sweet app update.

i’ve been using bloglines for a while now to keep up with various rss feeds. i liked it pretty good, but then i realized that there’s got to be a way to get the same thing without having to go through a browser. there is.
check out NewsLife. I like it.

long lines for leopard.

are these people dumb?
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never liked bill cosby until today.

bill wrote a short little essay that just got bumped to the top of digg this morning. check it out here.
here’s a preview: “We cannot blame the white people any longer.”
update: liz commented to this post with a link to an audio clip of the same exact thing. check it out.

holy crap…chills.

now, i’ve not always been a huge fan of everything john piper says, but then again i’m not a huge fan of everything anyone says. i don’t agree with anyone on EVERY topic. however, this video gave me chills. what an incredible message. dang!
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wide-eyed at 3 am.

i’ve been hearing about twitter for close to eight months now. it’s been around for about a year and a half, but the service just started gaining recognition about a year ago.
twitter has been described as a “near-time, micro-blogging platform.” that means that it can be updated anytime, from anywhere with a cellphone signal through [...]

so much to write about.

i’ve got a ton to say today, but i won’t say it all for your sake. that would take forever and i know you endured a long post last time.
first, i spent a little while at the apple store today after church. it’s nice to browse around all the beautiful hardware and mess with some [...]

friday five.

i know it’s a rip off. so we can leave it at that.
churches in north america have distinctly different needs, challenges, and opportunities. although this entire post could be a lengthy explanation of what our churches here face that other churches don’t face around the world, that’s not my aim. rather, i’m looking to help [...]

jott and ron paul.

many of you know my affinity for one particular presidential candidate. also, you may know that i’m in love with a free service called jott. well, today the two have collided.
i found out today that jott, the free service that allows you to leave reminders and send out multiple emails and text messages with one [...]