I said yes to God a few years ago when “out of the blue,” my mailman showed up on my front porch and asked me to help with a jail ministry. (You can read the mailman story here.) Tonight I’m headed back to the Blue Ridge Regional Jail to meet with a small group of [...]

I heard God at [lcf] yesterday. Not audibly, mind you, but I so vividly had a sense that He was speaking to me during the prayer and praise gathering yesterday morning. [lcf] is Lynchburg Christian Fellowship, a 2-year old church plant that meets in Schewel Hall on the campus of Lynchburg College. Our family just [...]

Craig Groeschel started the third session at Catalyst One Day hosted by Thomas Road Baptist Church in Lynchburg with a quote attributed to Bill Hybels: “The way I was doing the work of God was destroying the work of God in me.” Leaders need to have personal spiritual momentum. Above all else, when a church [...]

Here are my notes from the second session (led by Craig Groeschel) at Catalyst One Day at Thomas Road Baptist Church in Lynchburg. A lie believed as truth will affect you as truth. (Craig told the story of one of his colleagues held captive because of his wrong mindset – trapped in the closet, nothing [...]

Here are my notes from Andy Stanley’s first session of Catalyst One Day at Thomas Road Baptist Church in Lynchburg. Momentum is forward motion fueled by a series of wins. If you have momentum and you don’t know why, you’re one stupid decision away from loosing it. If you don’t know why you had it [...]

Remember the other week when I wrote An Undercurrent of Movement? Well, I’ve finally gained a bit more clarity on the next step. It’s about ministry. There. I’ve said it out loud. Again. For most of my life, I’ve had this sense that God “wanted to use me in a special way.” I’ve loved Him, [...]

I’m excited to begin facilitating my first Leadership Huddle next week! For 12-13 weeks I’ll “meet” together via technology, for an hour each week with a group of Christ followers, most of whom I’ve met through Twitter, Facebook or blogging. We’ll talk about what it means to be disciples and how we can model the [...]

For the last six weeks, I’ve been one of six participants in a Leadership Huddle led by John Chandler of the The Spence Network. We’ve been processing life through the lens of “life shapes,” and based on the life of Jesus. The whole idea comes from the guys at 3D Ministries, out of Pawley’s Island, [...]

For the next three days I’ll be at the Ecclesia 2010 National Gathering in Maryland. Why, you might ask, am I going to a church planting conference? That would be a good question. The first, and easy answer is because for the last year plus, I’ve been working with WMUV and the Spence Network to [...]

In the last few months I’ve become more intentional about spending my time in ways that make a broader impact (particularly as it relates to matters of faith). My time is finite. (Your time is too.) When I say yes to a gig, I want it to be reflective of my goals and priorities. Yesterday [...]