Who’s answering your phone?

May 21, 2010 By 4 Comments

Here is a simple first impression most persons never even think about.  Who’s answering your phone.  Nine times out of ten the person answering your church phone makes or breaks the impression. Not only who, but how they answer the phone is very important.  And if no one answers then the voice message is just [...]

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The Road Not Taken OR The Road Less Traveled

May 19, 2010 By 1 Comment

I was reminded of the poem “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost (1916) when thinking through our next steps in ministry as we are trying to raise our own financial support while helping start Hope Crossing Community Church.  For the first time in my 15 years of ministry it just might be that my [...]

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First Impression Thoughts for Easter

March 30, 2010 By 1 Comment

Here is an article revisited that I wrote back in 2008 as you think about this upcoming weekend.  I believe this continues to have value to this very day. _________________ In a recent national survey (2008), most Americans said they’d accept an invitation to attend a church during Easter season if someone would simply invite [...]

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Community: Can you Belong before you Believe?

March 9, 2010 By 1 Comment

Well, I thought I’d step off in this one early by saying I think you can belong before you believe and certainly before you behave and/or become.  I haven’t always had this perspective.  For years I was trained to teach persons to believe, behave, and then they could belong and become.  I even wrote about [...]

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Words that drive me, “Is this what your Jesus told you to do?”

February 28, 2010 By Leave a Comment

These were the words Matt Casper asked me in the fall of 2007.  I will always be grateful to Matt for challenging me.  I hear them ringing in my ears each and every day of my life since. Is this what your Jesus told you to do? Probably the greatest question I’ve been asked in [...]

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“Figures” to “Faith” – a 10 year journey… the short story

February 5, 2010 By 1 Comment

A journey of living the past 10 years at or above 6 figures ($$) to living by faith.  God woke me during the night last night and began to have me write.  What you see here are my ramblings from last night. I have been needing to write this post for several months now; however, [...]

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Aerial View of communities being impacted by @hopecrossing

January 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment
South Orange County California

We are so excited that God has called us to impact the following communities of south Orange County, California. Website Facebook

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DONATE button added to Hope Crossing Community Church.

January 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment

As a church planter we wear several hats.  Today we are raising support to carry out the vision God has given us to help change lives in the San Juan Capistrano Valley area of south Orange County, California. Please keep up with the latest on our website at http://hopecrossingchurch.com and/or our Facebook Fan Page. Thank [...]

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Intentional or Natural Assimilation through the eyes of a Church Planter

January 13, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Well, these past several months have been off the hook as we’ve planted  Hope Crossing Community Church in southern California with some dear friends.  Coming from the world of serving on staff with two giga churches over the past 5 years to planting a church from ground up has it’s own assimilation intricacies. My students [...]

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Hope Crossing Community Church – Christmas Eve Launch

November 24, 2009 By 1 Comment

It is hard to express to you in words the emotion we are feeling right now as we share with you the vision God has given us for Hope Crossing Community Church, a new church plant in the Ladera Ranch area of southern California. More details on our web site at Hope Crossing Webpage and [...]

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