The Unique 19

One of the projects I’ve been working on for Auxano is the creation of what we’ve been calling a “list for the rest of us” – The Unique 19.  Every year lists come out featuring the biggest churches in the country and the fastest growing churches in the country. And there’s nothing wrong with that,…

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How Jackie Robinson Saved My Life

I grew up in a verbally abusive home. My father’s violent tirades were like heart-seeking missiles. And if my father, someone who was obligated to love me, couldn’t love me—if he couldn’t find anything special in me, I reasoned I must be defective. I needed a place to escape, and I found it in baseball.…

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Stale Cookies

Recently someone brought a bag of Oatmeal Raisin Cookies from a grocery store bakery to an event at Verve. Few were eaten, so they were left in our building. The next day I was working when I noticed the bag. As they were from a grocery store I didn’t have high expectations, but I was…

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Free Exponential Webcast

Hope you’ll be at Exponential and I’ll see you there.  But, if you’re not going to be there you can still attend … at home!  Register today for the Exponential 2013 Free Webcast (April 23-25). You’ll get to experience Francis Chan, Rick Warren, Craig Groeschel and others talking about Discipleship.  

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End It

I met a couple months ago with the guys who are leading the End It campaign. Seemed like very cool ideas and I love what they’re doing. Slavery still exists all over the world. Jesus was the original abolitionist, and people who follow Jesus should be fighting to end slavery. Here’s a video:

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