Woo Whoo! I’ve got a few thousand to spend on a vacation, so I’m goin to a dessert where they put up hotels filled with machines that take your money without giving you anything in return (99.9999% of the time), a place where you start your day at night and nurse a hangover by day, […]
READ MOREI had a friend in junior high who could do no wrong with the ladies (or, I guess, ‘girls’ would be more accurate). They treated him like a celebrity. Why? Best I could figure it was because of his incredibly popular (and smooth) one liners and ice breakers. For example. Whenever Shawn came up to […]
READ MORELet me ask you all something (ya’ll meaning everyone out there in blogger land). When you think of most churches is their reputation one of ‘being against stuff’ or ‘for stuff’? Are they all about ‘doing’ for the kingdom’ or don’ting’ (
READ MOREChristmas Eve this year will be different than previous years because it falls on a Sunday. Because of this we are actually utilizing the cafe ALL DAY and INTO THE NIGHT! We will wrap up (no pun intended) our “Unwrapping Christmas,” series at our regular Sunday morning services, 8:30 (no cafe), 10:00 and 11:30 each […]
READ MOREThis past weekend 8 people made decisions for Christ! That’s flat out AWESOME! Four of them recommitted their lives and wish to put Jesus first again and the others made first time commitments. That means the family of God just grew by four! News like this will never grow old to me. It’s why we […]
READ MOREOk, let’s clarify something. I am blown away by the amount of Christians who are opposed to the idea of being seeker sensitive. Let’s think about this for a moment. What’s the alternative to being seeker sensitive? Seeker hostile? Oh, that’s Christlike! Jesus was so sensitive to the seeker he gave His life for them. […]
READ MOREOk, I’ve been slack (which pretty much eliminates me as a candidate this week…Can you nominate yourself?). Anyway, this week’s shout out (late) goes to Suzi Pace, our fearless leader of women’s ministries. Suzi and her team put together a wonderful tea for more than a hundred ladies of Southbrook and beyond. The women are […]
READ MORELike the new name? Tough, I like it and to preserve sanity (mine) it’s final (although I can’t promise I won’t still throw in a few ‘Brookies” here and there!). Isn’t democracy a beautiful thing? Ok, MP’s here’s the deal. I think the Gideon effect needs to at least be talked about. It has become […]
READ MOREToday was the filming for the Liberian adoption story on Oprah. We’ve been praying that God would get the glory in this — it’s nice to be on Oprah, but I believe God opens doors like this for His glory, not so that we can provide filler for another TV talk show. Well, it went […]
READ MOREKeep Saturday night open if you haven’t already committed it to eggnog and mistletoe. I’ve been seeking everything possible to help strip away the fluff of Xmas and reveal the wonder of Christmas. There’s a big difference. Xmas has no Christ in it and is therefore, worthless. Christmas, on the otherhand, is all about our […]
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