Jul 23
Wow, read this on Shawn Lovejoy’s blog this morning and had to pass it along. He gives some great guidelines on having effective meetings. Had to pass them along:
Jul 11
Dave Busby was what I would consider a modern day prophet. Even though he went to be with Jesus in 1997, his messages still rock my world whenever I listen to them. I had the privilege of taking my students to student life camp back around 2000 on a week when he was the speaker. Actually, that was why I chose that week. This was a man that struggle his whole life with cystic fibrosis, polio…you name it he had it. He was totally in love with Jesus, totally intense and to me he understood and communicated the grace of God like no other that I’ve known. You can check out DaveBusby.com and get a quick glimpse of him speaking…was probably around 1995. You can also grab some of his cd’s/dvd’s from the store tab. Would definitely recommend them.
Jun 06
So, as I said below in this post, Danny, Walter and myself are going to be providing the video production for Breakaway next week. Yesterday I just found out that on Sunday night after the camp is over, Switchfoot will be doing a concert at the same venue where our camp is going to be held at. And guess who is doing video production for Switchfoot….yep, you guessed it.. we do. Can I just say that I am absolutely stoked about that!!!! I couldn’t believe it at first. How cool is that.
Kim and I will be heading out this weekend for some R&R before hand, and I can’t wait. I’ll hopefully have some photos and such of everything.
Jun 03
When I was beginning in ministry (I was a student ministry intern), I learned a valuable principle in raising up and training new leaders. Once you have either identified potential ministry leaders or someone has expressed interest in leading,serving or volunteering in a ministry area, here is a process in passing the batton so that they are ready to begin ministry. This might be stating the obvious, but it has been helpful to me:
1. I lead
2. I lead, you watch
3. I lead, you help
4. You lead, I watch
5. You lead
Now obviously in there are conversations, reviews and ways to improve. Hopefully that is helpful in thinking through a system and process for volunteer and leadership training.
Jun 02
One thing I’ve noticed about worry and stress is that it robs vision. I believe that God wants dreamers. Not saying that we should walk around daydreaming all the time, but I do think that dreaming is a valuable way to spend SOME time just dreaming. This weekend I was relaxed, just chillin in our pool (don’t be impressed…it’s an 18′ x 38″ pool with the inflatable ring around it…but we love it in summer time), on a float, looking up at the sky and “BAM”…..had a couple of ideas hit me that were really strong. Can’t share what they are right now, but they are the kind of ideas that you seriously pray about, and I am praying about. I must confess, there have been some things on the mind that I’ve been stressing and worrying about way too much…things that I constantly had to take back to God and say “You got this thing, Lord.” Not only does worry kill vision, it affects my relationship with God and my fam bigtime. At some point, whatever you’re going through, if you’ve done all that you can “to stand. Stand firm then…” Ephesians 6:13-14 Trust God that He is not only your protection, He is your provision, your source, your sustainer, your commander. He’ll lead the way through the things that we tend to worry so much about. Anyway, hope you find that place today where you stand in Him and lay the worry down.
May 20
just an fyi, the Purpose Driven Network Summit is happening starting today at Saddleback. Some people are blogging/twittering the event including some live and taped video footage. Tony Morgan has some links here on his blog to check out. Good stuff.
Apr 26
“Before we can pray ‘Your Kingdom come’, we must be willing to pray ‘My kingdom go’.” - Alan Redpath
hmmmm….that one hurts. But to be the man of God, I have to be willing to seek the Kingdom of God….not alan. Chewing on this one. Whose kingdom am I ultimately building?
Apr 24
wow..you have got to check this video out. This is a must for leaders, minister, Christ-Followers..period.
Rick Warren Interview
Apr 19
I’ve began to do something that I’ve been putting off for a while. I have finally taken the dive into After Effects for creating some motion graphics (that’s cool looking animations/video for the non-techies). I love Final Cut Pro for editing and assembling projects, but for those very cool backgrounds, bumpers, and text effects - After Effects is the standard. I will say this, though: it has a VERY steep learning curve. I’m seriously loving tutorials right now as they have been a big help 
I want to continually sharpen my tools and learn more as I go. One thing that I heard Rick Warren say one time is that “Leaders are Learners”. It’s critical in ministry and life that we be continually learning and teachable. Okay, it is getting late on Saturday so I’m going to chill for a while….l8r!
Apr 18
“Don’t let people put a period where God put a comma.” TD Jakes
Simple but profound. I’m still chewing on that one. We allow our job, our past, our income, our family, our friends, our fears, our weaknesses….(you insert your own obstacle here)…to limit and define who we are and quite too often who we WILL BE and BECOME. If God is calling you to a new direction, to follow Him in faith to a new place, don’t let people and obstacles around you define who you are and will become. Instead, believe what your Father says about you:
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to
prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11
“However, as it is written: No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him” 1 Corinthians 2:9
