A Labor of Love!!

For about 4 months now I’ve been running around 9 or 10 o’clock at night.  The sun/heat absolutely crushes you if you run during the day, and I’m not a good morning runner (is there such thing as a good morning?:), so that leaves late evenings for me.
My son Sam has been going with me, [...]

The Hole In Our Gospel

If you’re wondering what I’m currently reading.  Here’s the latest.  This book has wrecked me.  Let it wreck you!!  Enough said, “Read it!”.

The Blitz

Just a quick blitz of whats been happening lately with me, family, and Epic.
1.  Our guest visits were refreshing, and can’t wait to connect with more friends & family as 2009 continues.  FYI – The Church has always been our family.  The local church has always been our friends and family.  I love the church!
2.  [...]

Strategizing #2

It has been fun hosting friends & family at our house & taking them to the sights & sounds of the greater Vegas valley.  I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of just being with friends, and enjoying life.  Life is too short, to not experience the richness of it with friends.  I do have [...]

Strategizing

Strategizing?  A word closely related to Jazzercizing, but without any form of Jazz.  Well, it depends who you ask!:)
I love strategy!  I love playing games that involve strategy (Remember Stratego?).  Strategy formulates a plan, that to me becomes a mission, which in turn hopefully advances something.  It’s a capture the flag type of thing for [...]

Our Children?

Yesterday seemed to revolve around the conversation about kids.  OK, kids sounds like goats, so I’m going to call them children.  Just a personal preference!:)  Below are some questions that came out of my conversations with people, as well as our leadership team at Epic.
Here’s the questions:
1.  Are parents (Individual church body), being intentional about [...]

The Blitz

1.  Starting Tuesday of last week, we’ve had friends visiting from different parts of the country (Arizona, Wisconsin, and Alabama).  Still at our house, and enjoying the connection.  A little NY, NY Roller Coaster action last night.  Nice coaster!!
2. A few trips to the strip, M & M World, Bellagio, Caesar’s Palace, Etc.
3. Red Rock [...]

5 Temptations Men Face – #2

OK, let me complete what I started the other day.  Temptation!!  We all face it, & will inevitably deal with it all of our lives on the face of the earth.  As long as the devil is allowed to roam free, he’s going to be trying to jack with people.   Those that say they aren’t [...]

5 Temptations Men Face – #1

I will give you a very brief re-cap of our men’s leadership training that took place last night at my home.   It’s not a secret society, so I can give you some details.
Started at 6:00 P.M., took an hour to eat.  Thank you Troy Hoover for some seriously good marinated chicken.  We worshiped, I taught [...]

Missional Communities

Still getting wrecked in a good way, about “Missional Communities” throughout Las Vegas, and the world.
I ran across a video of pastor Matt Carter speaking at a conference about his church’s small groups, which they call “Missional Communities.”  He is the lead pastor of Austin Stone in Austin, tx – a 5,000 member church that [...]