I finally made it to my local coffee-shop and I’m enjoying a yummy latte this morning. I need a shot of energy as I’m still dragging. Not sure why, maybe it was yesterday’s travel to Dallas and meeting with some cool folks. I’m assuming age is catching up to me these days. Or maybe its a combination of multiple McDonald’s, Wendy’s [...]

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By nature I’m a strategist.  I can’ help but think that way. If I don’t have a plan, I feel like I will waste time doing “good” things but not “great” things. Every Monday morning the first thing I do after devotions is plan out my week. My ultimate goal is not to get to technical. [...]

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This morning I headed downtown to meet Michael Stewart who is on staff at Austin Stone. We had some great discussion about poverty, community development and the church. Here is what I know: I don’t know what I need to know so I can lead a great organization.  So I’m constantly reading, praying and asking [...]

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So, this has been one of the best weeks of ministry that I’ve had in a long time. Why you ask? Because I’ve spent time with people and not locked in some office dreaming about ministry or doing some lame to-do list. I suck at that stuff! I love vision-casting, dreaming, planning, sharing and pouring [...]

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Saturday, while working-out I listened to Craig Groeschel message he gave at the Buzz Conference. I’m now a huge fan of that dude….So real. He asked the pastors in the audience “when was the last time they had an unsaved person at their house?” BTW, the plumber does not count-sorry! I think we pastors have [...]

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I’m currently reading Billy Hybels book Holy Discontent: Fueling the Fire That Ignites Personal Vision. It’s a good read. Very convicting. A few years ago I found my Holy Discontent…Which is this: To help my generation re-discover the real Jesus. That is my mission and passion in life. What’s yours?

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I just took the Clifton StrengthsFinder 2.0 test. I’ve heard good things about this test and I can tell you it pretty much pegged me. I would love to discuss this with some of my friends to see if they agree. Anyhow, my top 5 are: Command Input Futuristic Belief Activator

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I honestly believe that most of us have radical dreams that we want to pursue. But few of us ever pursue those dreams because we live in fear. What dream has God given you? Are you pursuing that dream? If not why? Let me encourage you to pursue the dream that God has placed in [...]

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