The Oscar Predictions

Here’s the post all of Hollywood has been waiting for, when I say who I think should win in the Academy Awards Sunday night. I’ll tell you who I think will win, and who I think should win. Best Picture: Will Win:  Argo Should Win:  Lincoln (but it’s close, I’d be good with Argo or…

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Verve Value 4: Radical TO Radical

I mentioned awhile back that at Verve we recently went through a long process of naming our values. We felt very certain about our values – what it is that impassion and guide our decisions and makes us distinctive from other churches – but we wanted to give them words. Clarifying a church’s values bring…

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The Pitch Perfect Life

My wife and I recently rented Pitch Perfect. A week later I was on a flight and Pitch Perfect was the in-flight film. There are two scenes in the movie which feature vomit, lots of vomit. Girls are falling down in vomit, diving for a pitch pipe in vomit. But on the airplane version the…

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Vince Recommends

Recently read Brennan Manning’s memoir, All Is Grace. It’s one of the most engaging, depressing, beautiful books I’ve read in awhile. Though if you’re not familiar with Brennan Manning it may not be quite as interesting. Manning’s ongoing losing battle with alcoholism is heart-wrenching, while his reliance and preaching on grace is heart-warming. The book…

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