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, [...]
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 [...]
Customer Service – a back porch discussion
October 3, 2009 By 1 Comment
This past week I was hanging with some really great friends in the North Texas area. During our time together while hanging out on the back porch at their house we had a great discussion on “customer service”. Just a couple of nuggets from that discussion that I think are paramount for us to understand [...]
Listening to God for Our Next Steps
September 23, 2009 By 1 Comment
This past week I spent several days in southern California with friends praying and talking about mine and Stephanie’s journey and listening for discerning words about our next steps in ministry. You know that this isn’t always a comfortable place for me. Being the tactical, church business administrator, developer that I have become to be [...]
Journeying with Jesus often takes the road less traveled.
September 1, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Over the summer months Stephanie and I have been on a ministry growth journey with the Christ Fellowship team, our mentors, our coaches, and family about life and ministry. We have come to a place in resent days where we believe God is leading us to transition from our position as Director of Adult Ministries [...]
Post Revisited: “They Know ‘Everything’ About You”
June 26, 2009 By Leave a Comment
I received and email in resent days asking that I re-post a March 9th posting on, “They Know ‘everything’ About You“. It was a timely email as I had just finished a discussion with a friend in communications asking ourselves how have we been surveying those who attend church on their first impressions. Are we [...]
A week in review while vacationing at the Hyatt Coconut Plantation
June 15, 2009 By Leave a Comment
This past week Stephanie, the boys and I, as well as Stephanie’s parents spent 5 days relaxing near Fort Myers, Florida. I am continually impressed by how important Customer Relations are in the resort community. It seems they do not miss a thing from the time you step on the premises until the moment you [...]
The backside of Easter
April 25, 2009 By Leave a Comment
long time… no talk… The backside of Easter is always a busy time for us first impression and assimilation guys/gals. All the hard work that is put into making the experience one that will break down all the barriers of someone who only attends a church once to twice a year is crucial. The back [...]
Intentional Assimilation
March 12, 2009 By Leave a Comment
I was dialoging several thoughts with my Rockbridge Seminary class in the past few days when someone asked if I’d give them a thirty thousand foot view of how I might see “intentional assimilation”. I wrote this little ‘ditty’ in 10 minutes so I’m sure it has room for improvement; however, see what you might [...]
They know “everything” about you…
March 9, 2009 By 1 Comment
