Week 2 Of Don’t Be A Hater

We closed out another week of “Don’t Be A Hater” our anger series for students. It’s turning out to be a really interesting series because it’s...

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What I Learned From Opening Weekend: Part 4

Tonight we continue on in our new student series, Don’t Be A Hater, which means we are officially in the thick of things. Opening weekend was a week...

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What I Learned From Opening Weekend: Part 3

My son’s favorite toy right now is his Exersaucer.  You put him in it and he goes crazy, so many toys within arms reach.  You turn to the right, more…

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What I Learned From Opening Weekend: Part 2

The dust has settled, by this time in a normal week I’m well into the next message, next project. Monday is the time to reflect on what went wrong,...

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What I Learned From Opening Weekend: Part 1

I’m tired but good, I had a protein packed breakfast; therefore, I should have the energy to take on the week and recover from the weekend. I’ve said...

Don’t Be A Hater Week 1 Reflection

This past Thursday we started our fall series “Don’t Be a Hater” where we are talking about anger and forgiveness. One of the challenges we set forth...

Best People Best Places

Today kicks off our high school program Uprising, I’m real excited to see the students again and meet some new faces. It’s also a chance for me to...

Holiday? But School Just Started

It seems like every week of the fall there is a day off from school for our public school students. At first I thought Rosh Hashanah was this Friday...

Back To Work Again

I’m feeling rested after my little vacation. I would have liked to have taken 2 weeks off but with the fall kickoff this Thursday it was a little...

What Would You Do With No NFL?

I’m not sure how many football fans read this but by now you’ve heard the discussion of a lockout for the 2011 football season. I’m not the biggest...

Sharing Vision With Children

Yesterday Lisa Scata (The Director of Children’s Ministry) and I hosted a Family Ministry Kickoff for our ministers. We had games, I gave a keynote,...