Over the last several weeks there have been hundreds of guests pouring into our new worship center. Yesterday there were another 500 or so on top of that! I’ve always believed that God expects us to be extra good stewards of such a tremendous opportunity and blessing as this. And this past weekend—especially—I witnessed our […]
READ MOREThis is a fairly rare Saturday post to remind you all to get your guests lined up and ready to roll! Grand Opening is tomorrow! There will be Bar-b-Que, rock climbing walls, bouncy thingys (I’m sure they have a name), booths for every ministry and much more! The 2 services in the new building will […]
READ MOREAdmittedly, I’m no expert on tree house building, so I thought I’d start a little closer to home—reading. I love to read, and I figured there must be something on tree houses. Well, in yesterday’s post I shared the book that inspired the whole tree house idea, this one: It had a little something in […]
READ MOREWanna know what stirred all this up recently? Well, originally, I really felt it was God convicting me to model Jesus to my children and make sure that instead of complaining about how I wish things were different when I grew up—to make sure that I changed what I could, Me. For all you parents […]
READ MOREI’ve always wanted to build a treehouse. It’s one of those things that stuck in my brain when I first saw the Disney movie, “Swiss Family Robinson†and it never really left. I made a few attempts over my childhood years, but there’s not much of consequence a seven year old is going to come […]
READ MOREIn just 6 days, we will begin one of the most important series we’ve ever done as a church—Vintage Jesus. What does “vintage” mean? Webster’s offers the following: (1): a season’s yield of grapes or wine from a vineyard (2): wine ; especially : a usually superior wine all or most […]
READ MOREWe’ve been gearing up for this day for years! Friends, the grand opening of our brand new worship center is this coming weekend—Sunday the 26th, to be exact. To get ready for this day we’ve sent out flyers and had hundreds of you commit to bringing friends and neighbors and loved ones to Southbrook Church […]
READ MOREI’m a lawn freak. Not only do I like the lawn looking good, but even more important to me is the time outside. You see, because I’m also a sermon junkie (I get the shakes if I go more than a few hours without hearing some of my favorite preacher’s takes on whatever I happen […]
READ MOREI don’t know everything about everything—honestly, I don’t even want to. That would make me a “know it all.” Everyone knows how enjoyable those people are to be around. However, one area I do feel like I’m getting pretty good at is handling critics. Once again, I learned at the school of hard knocks rather […]
READ MOREA few posts ago a pastor in South Carolina wrote a gutsy post that just melts the veneer right off some plastic people. Perry isn’t known for holding back, and every now and then says something that goes way beyond the 4 walls of Newspring Church. What follows is a commentary that I’ve seen play […]
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