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You can’t really tell by the picture, but I’ve been working out a lot recently. In fact, I’ve gone to the gym almost every weekday for the past four weeks. I’m starting to see a bit of physical change, but there are some crazy side effects I was not expecting. Monday night when I got home I basically crashed on the couch around 6:30 and was in and out of sleep until ...

I’m always up for a good challenge but this might be a little ridiculous. Then again, I could use one on my fridge to keep my 3 year old out of the bologna.

By the way, this is for real. April Fool’s post is still being processed.

I spent the weekend with Wade Morris at BHBC’s disciple now and was really blessed to be able to worship with him at the Leaf this morning. We continued (and ended) our Tattoo series with Wade’s emphasis on Tattooing the Word of God on your heart instead of relying on your pastor to spoon feed you just on Sunday mornings. No special effects this week, but next week we start our 80s ...

WOW! The room was packed. The students were energized. The Spirit was moving. We had a great night last night but there was something special about tonight. Maybe it was because my wife was with me (which has become more of a rare occasion in recent years) or maybe it was because I was with my normal players or maybe it was because Wade was speaking. Whatever it was, Matt should be real proud ...

I love a good debate and have been entertained today reading the banter between Old Truth and my pastor.

But who am I to get involved, right? I’m just the lowly Creative Arts Pastor. My musical skills and limited limited knowledge of FCP should be all anyone expects from me, right? Punctuality and focus during meetings is supposed to be a weakness because I’m one of those “artsy” types, right? ...

That’s lame, I know. But I am just so excited about this album getting wrapped up that I can’t stand it. I want so bad to post some tunes and get your feedback. It won’t be long. Hang in there a little longer (that was directed toward me).

Truth is, these last couple of weeks I’ve been so consumed with my own CD stuff and the music for the Egg Drop and the 80s series that I just haven’t been listening ...

We prayed for 1000 and there was 1350. We prayed for 50 decisions for Christ in the month of March and there were more than 60 yesterday alone. The services were powerful but I think the most powerful moment was seeing everyone declare their allegiance by signing their name on the large wooden cross we made and laid at the foot of the stage. It was neat to see people getting tattooed on stage (yes, a ...

We prayed 2000 people would show up and more than 2000 people were there an hour before it was supposed to begin. Thankfully, the 200+ volunteers from the Leaf were on hand to help make things go as smooth as possbile. All was going smooth until just before the helicopter flew in to drop the eggs. That is when the nightmare began. Close to 6000 people showed up (some say it was more ...

Somehow I connected to this guy’s struggle as I grieved in his words not knowing him from Adam or having anyway to relate to his story. The memory of venues, churches, and events where I have led worship and the emotion, the energy, the anointing, and most importantly the genuinely honest freedom that exemplifies Jesus’ direction to worship God “in spirit and in truth” came rushing forward. What about those environments made them so conducive for the Holy ...

I’m a day behind because I was not at church yesterday (in Utah) and am just now watching the service. Matt did a great job and seeing all the City kids on stage shouting and doing hand motions to “One Way” was pretty amazing. Michael wrapped up the Kid Nation series with his message on discipline and announced our new campus opening August 17th. Several people were baptized and more people surrendered their life ...