Monday, June 16, 2008
Narnia
Saw Narnia today with Andrew. It was more intense than the first one, but Andrew loved it. We spent the whole day together after dropping Abbey off at daycare. The ride home from the movies was a great debrief from the life principles from the movie.
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Saturday, May 31, 2008
The Third "Take Away" From the PD Gathering
Brian and I were introduced to Straton at the PD Gathering. Here is his story: http://youtube.com/watch?v=0SUJOcRU-_w&feature=related&fmt=18
http://www.thepeaceplan.com/
http://www.thepeaceplan.com/
Thursday, May 22, 2008
PD Summit 2008 - Day 3
This is the final day of the gathering. It's been a truly spectacular experience. Right now I'm sitting next to a guy from Time Magazine who is here covering the conference and blogging it. You can bet I'll corner him before the day is over and see what he thinks of it all.
Later today Rick is going to explain the P.E.A.C.E. Plan and how that has been working.
One of the things I do when I'm at events like this is, rather than try to grab everything that is said, I always as God to clearly show me the two to three things He wants me to take away from it all. I'll gotten the first two, an idea for small groups and an idea about how to take our global and local influence to the next level. God is good.
Brian and I are both preparing ourselves to be blown away by Rick's challenge to join the PEACE Plan.
More later...
Later today Rick is going to explain the P.E.A.C.E. Plan and how that has been working.
One of the things I do when I'm at events like this is, rather than try to grab everything that is said, I always as God to clearly show me the two to three things He wants me to take away from it all. I'll gotten the first two, an idea for small groups and an idea about how to take our global and local influence to the next level. God is good.
Brian and I are both preparing ourselves to be blown away by Rick's challenge to join the PEACE Plan.
More later...
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Purpose Driven Summit - Day 1
Today was the kick off for the PD Summit. My brain is full. The worship this morning was truly amazing. Rick Muchow is incredible.
Rick Warren spent the entire morning (actually he blew right past lunch) catching us up on a lot of the things Saddleback has been trying and testing getting ready to pass on to churches.
The afternoon was packed with three panel discussion. The two best take home quotes today go to Mark Batterson of National Community Church in DC:
Speaking of the church - "We're educated way beyond our obedience." "Church is a tag team sport."
The verse that summed up the challenge for me today is James 1:25 (NIV) "The man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it --he will be blessed in what he does."
Rick Warren spent the entire morning (actually he blew right past lunch) catching us up on a lot of the things Saddleback has been trying and testing getting ready to pass on to churches.
The afternoon was packed with three panel discussion. The two best take home quotes today go to Mark Batterson of National Community Church in DC:
Speaking of the church - "We're educated way beyond our obedience." "Church is a tag team sport."
The verse that summed up the challenge for me today is James 1:25 (NIV) "The man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it --he will be blessed in what he does."
Jet Lagged
Brian and I made it into CA without any major problems. I'm a little jet lagged which is why I'm blogging at 5:00am CA time.
We are here for a gathering of pastors and other leaders from around the country that Rick Warren invited to join him for a discussion about how we can partner together as churches to tackle some of the global giants.
I especially excited to see what God is going to do, especially with this event falling right in the middle of FCBC's strategic planning.
We are here for a gathering of pastors and other leaders from around the country that Rick Warren invited to join him for a discussion about how we can partner together as churches to tackle some of the global giants.
I especially excited to see what God is going to do, especially with this event falling right in the middle of FCBC's strategic planning.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Lessons in the Rain
Andrew (my nine year old) and I were driving to church this past Sunday. It was pouring rain and he became very concerned about a flood. In those situations, he almost always recognizes, without my prompting, that it's time to pray - so he did.
When we arrived at church we discovered that part of our building was taking on some water. At that point Andrew got really scared that we really were going to have a flood. He started to panic a little more. So I asked him about his prayer and if when he asked God to protect us from the rain, did he really believe God would do that? He said he did. I pointed out that at that moment he was not acting like he believed God. He got the point.
My question for myself and for anyone reading is "Do you get the point?"
When we arrived at church we discovered that part of our building was taking on some water. At that point Andrew got really scared that we really were going to have a flood. He started to panic a little more. So I asked him about his prayer and if when he asked God to protect us from the rain, did he really believe God would do that? He said he did. I pointed out that at that moment he was not acting like he believed God. He got the point.
My question for myself and for anyone reading is "Do you get the point?"
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