Value Clarity 4: Values Define Good Decision-Making

In his coaching, Will Mancini asks churches to think of a river, water coursing powerfully and with great momentum. Now take the banks off the sides of that river and what do you have? A puddle. It may be a big puddle, but it’s a puddle. No direction, no movement, no momentum. A church without…

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Piling On People

In 1998 I started a church in Virginia Beach. We grew really fast. After starting with 4 people, we added about 80 in one day, then another 150 in a day, and grew by 100-200 every year for a few years. It was exciting, but we weren’t really set up for that kind of growth.…

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Today Is Your Day

January 1st is a great day to start new habits and start living the way you truly want to live. There may be all kinds of changes you need to make, but let me encourage you that if you build the habit of reading the Bible everyday it will help you in every area of…

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Join The Team

Since moving to Vegas to start Verve I’ve been asking people to pray for us. I usually ask people to pray for Verve every time they hear the words “Las Vegas.” And that’s great. And if you’ve been doing that, thank you, and please keep doing it. But this past year we’ve been convicted that…

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My Favorite Movies of 2012

Here’s my top ten favorite movies of 2012. The first two are about a tie, and the next four are pretty inseparable for me: Lincoln Argo  The Impossible The Dark Knight Rises Django Unchained Beasts of the Southern Wild  Silver Linings Playbook Wreck It Ralph  Looper Flight Honorable Mention: End of Watch, Les Mis, The…

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