Today our family went to the cherry blossom festival in DC. Even though there were thousands of people around, God’s beauty made it an incredibly peaceful and private love affair with each other and our Creator. These pictures tell part of the story.
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I’ve just finished reading “Courageous Leadership” by Bill Hybels – a great book for church planters, mission minded pastors, and high capacity volunteer leaders. In this book, Bill provides ministry and leadership wisdom from both his success and failure. He provides what seems to be an authentic look at his struggles in pastoral leadership and [...]
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”I learned that the richness of life is found in adventure. . . . Life then teems with excitement. There is stagnation only in security.” – William Orville Douglas A week of adventure is unfolding as I prepare to climb Seneca Rocks in West Virginia – an adventure that in many ways parallels the adventure [...]
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For those who are planting churches, this podcast with Rick Warren and Jon Ferguson is a great introduction to the National New Church Conference – Exponential. To listen in…click here. Here are some of the key notes of the podcast. Enjoy. Spiritual Formation is about growing people to spiritual maturity – this must be the [...]
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This past month, Going All The Way: preparing for a marriage that goes the distance, finally made it off the shelf and into the “read me” pile. Stefani and I got this book as a gift and agreed to blog about it – then life went a little crazy. But, it made it off and [...]
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When first meeting Matt, I knew our relationship needed to be less business and more personal. We are still getting to know each other, but already opportunity has presented itself to discuss spiritual matters. With God’s intervention these conversations have the potential to bring Matt into relationship with Jesus – the only one who has [...]
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