Day in and Day out. Some days are better than others, but everyday comes with the challenge and responsibility to make it count. We must make it count, here’s why…

Consider now, for the Lord has chosen you to build a house as the sanctuary. Be strong  and do the work.” Continue Reading…

One of our campus pastors Ja Cook, gave a challenge to all the fathers in our church. He simply said, “I hope each of you can say to your children, as Paul did…

“Follow me as I follow Christ.”

That afternoon I really thought about that verse. “Follow me as I follow Christ.” I believe if we really Continue Reading…

As we learn what it means to truly follow God, there are 2-Questions I feel He wants to ask us everyday.

What are you hearing Me say?

Everyday is a new day, filled with opportunities to impact the Kingdom. It is vital we hear God and understand His desires for us on such things as…

• Go see this person
• Don’t go to that meeting
• Call your neighbor
• Be patient
• Do all things in love
• Make a date with your wife  Continue Reading…

I read articles and notes all the time about the “right way” to offer criticism, the godly way to receive criticism, blah. blah.blah. Here is my question…

Is it EVER right to criticize? Or offer “good corrective criticism? My answer to that question is NO! Continue Reading…

Ever feel like you’ve been hit by a truck? You have no energy left, you can’t move, never mind about the next project…You can’t pull your self out of the road! Now what do you do?

If you’ve had the privilege of leading for any period of time, you may be all to familiar with this feeling. It’s not depression, discouragement or even burn out. You may call it being “stressed out” but I think a better description would be “stretched out.” Continue Reading…

This is a lesson that honestly…I have to relearn EVERYDAY. The world and the things in it seem to do a “memory wash” and I have to re-load this every day! What I’m talking about is…

Faith

There are 2-parts to faith. Hearing Continue Reading…

You should really consider planting a church in a small city or community.

This is an email I received from a church planter last week…

“God is moving in small town America and here on the West Coast! We have been in a relaunch this last Continue Reading…

When leading, it’s easy to mask what’s really going on inside your mind. WHAT you do is far less important than WHY you are doing it. Your motivation behind your actions will determine  your long-term impact.

Leaders must seek long term impact, not short term fixes. If we are going to be effective, what we think, our true motivation must be… Continue Reading…

I wrote this for ChurchPlanting.com and it was one of the most popular articles so I thought I should re-post it here.

When you go to plant a church, or are involved in helping others plant churches that question must be asked clearly and plainly. A battery of tests, evaluations and interviews that help guide and determine your “make-up” as a planter then follows the question.

But here’s the deal. We all use those tests (most are the same), we do the interviews and that information is valuable. It takes past successful planters and measures their mutual qualities against the prospective planter. Then there is a pass-fail.

Frankly… I hate this. Continue Reading…

“Hit me with your best Shot.” Honestly, we need to do that every time we communicate. No matter who the audience is we need to bring the best we can. But how?

1. Be head over heels in love with God. I know this may sound kinda.. Duhh. But many are standing and speaking to Gods people, when they aren’t in a good place with God themselves. Continue Reading…