Only Impossible If…

Took my kids to see The Pirates! Band of Misfits. Towards the end of the movie the main character, The Pirate Captain decides he is going to single-handedly take on Queen Victoria and her forces by attacking her ship. Charles Darwin (yes, Charles Darwin) tells him he can’t do it, that it’s impossible odds. The…

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An Opportunity For Pastors!

I’ve recently started working part-time as a Coach for Auxano.  Auxano is led by Will Mancini, who is one of the smartest guys I’ve come across.  He wrote a book called Church Unique which was HUGE for me, and has been for tons of churches.  The core ideas are: (1) God has a unique vision…

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Vault: What People Said

Vault, our conference on how to do church for people who don’t like church, is coming up again in October. We’re figuring out ways to make it even more valuable to those who attend, so the other day I skimmed through the evaluation forms from last year’s conference. It was so gratifying to read how…

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And How Can They Believe?

Today in the Bible reading plan we provide for Verve, our reading was Romans 10. Romans 10 is one of the chapters in the Bible that defines my personal mission in life, and in some ways, Verve’s mission. It starts out by saying that we don’t get right with God by trying, but instead by…

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Family Priority

Talking about marriage today at Verve. I loved this story about Bubba Watson opting out of a potential $9.5 million payday to spend time with his family.

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