From the monthly archives:

September 2008

A Few Answers to Your Miracle Questions

September 30, 2008

I am so excited to see the response to the post I wrote yesterday about the miracle that I experienced nearly five years ago.  Between Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, blog comments, emails that you sent me, about 100 people responded.  A few of you had questions that I would like to answer: 1. Why did I [...]

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I Experienced a Miracle and I’m Not a Loon

September 29, 2008

I’m not sure how well you know me, but I am a relatively normal guy.  Well, normal isn’t the best word for me, but if we all agreed that I’m a down to earth dude, we’d at least be in the right ballpark.  It is after 1AM as I am typing this and we get [...]

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Buncha Stuff Sunday (Can’t Find Gasoline Edition)

September 28, 2008

My wife and I had a total blast yesterday as we celebrated our 7th anniversary.  We went to go see Les Miserables (it was the bomb) and ate an awesome dinner @ Legal Seafood (it was also the bomb).  Here’s a picture of our meal. The Beginning of the Gasoline Fiasco After we left dinner, [...]

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Going to See Les Miserables (Thank You Jesus!)

September 27, 2008

I don’t know about other families out there, but my wife and I struggle to get time to go out on dates.  With three kids, a packed schedule, and a tight budget (can I get an AMEN?) time alone with one another is hard.  When we finally get out, we giggle like teenagers the whole [...]

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Perspective Changes Everything

September 26, 2008

I live with a great deal of physical pain every day.  I’ve had several major spinal surgeries and am trying to pray away another one.  I rarely feel sorry for myself, but my pain, like your own pain or your own circumstances, can be discouraging from time to time. Pills rarely help me so I [...]

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School Pictures

September 25, 2008

Just thinking out loud to you about school pictures.  Do you order the pictures from school that your kids take.  Seems a little old school to me.  I don’t order them, but I must admit that I feel very guilty about it.  In fact, I feel so guilty that I can’t bring myself to throw [...]

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Great Training Increases the Likelihood of Success

September 24, 2008

It seems like a no-brainer that great training increases the likelihood of success.  It doesn’t quite guarantee success, but it will, without a shadow of a doubt, put you much closer to it than if you ignored training altogether. I joked a few days ago that I might be the first over-trained church planter.  While [...]

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Why I’ll Never Shop @ Lifeway Again

September 23, 2008

I am as staunch an advocate for women in ministry as the Southern Baptist Convention is against women and have made my views and the views of our church very clear.  I am not in the middle of this argument.  I am on a side. By choosing to pull this recent issue of Gospel Today [...]

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Buncha Stuff Sunday

September 21, 2008

111 Days until we launch The Courageous Church!  We are planning some HUGE and envelope-pushing events for October, November, and December before we launch in January of ’09. Our launch team gathering yesterday was really cool!  We had a diverse crowd of really, really good people that are ready to serve God in downtown Atlanta. [...]

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Today is a BIG Day

September 20, 2008

Today @ 4pm we’re having the very first launch team gathering for The Courageous Church.  I am so stinking excited.  I honestly can’t remember the last time I felt this doggone pumped up!  I’m also a little nervous and anxious, but it will all balance out!  If you can’t make it, please pray for us! [...]

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Swamped and Loving It!

September 19, 2008

I’m totally swamped, but I’m loving it!  I’m right in the middle of one of those seasons where I feel like I’m juggling daggers and bowling pins and flames while spinning plates on my head and hopping around the stage on a pogo stick.  I really do feel like the Swamp Thing right now, but [...]

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Is it a Boy or a Girl?

September 18, 2008

In just a few hours my wife and I are going to find out if the newest member of the KIng Team is going to be a boy or girl.  We’re pretty doggone excited.  Wifey is rooting for a girl.  I think I’m a little ambivalent. Go ahead and take your guess! Is it going [...]

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365 Days Until I Turn 30

September 17, 2008

Exactly 29 years ago I was born in Frankfort, KY.  Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair, but it has been way more rich and rewarding than I could ever have anticipated.  While I expect that year 29 may be (one of) the most eventful years of my life, I want to take a [...]

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It’s ALIVE! Our 1st Launch Team Gathering!

September 16, 2008

While The Courageous Church may still be an experiment, we’re ALIVE!!!  We’ll be hosting our very first launch team gathering this coming Saturday afternoon and we want to see you there. It’s going to a fun, productive, good use of your time and it’ll give some of you a chance to meet me for the [...]

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We Need a DJ! Could it Be You?!

September 15, 2008

The Courageous Church is launching in less than 4 months @ CenterStage in Midtown Atlanta and we need a DJ.  A fly DJ that can seamlessly and confidently integrate into what we’re going to be doing each and every Sunday morning. We need a DJ that isn’t just out of the box, but is willing [...]

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For Laughs & Giggles

September 15, 2008

Yeah – this video is hilarious, but not because they meant it to be.  Saw this on a few blogs I read and decided I wanted to share it will all of my readers.  Enjoy!  Let me know if you learn any new moves.

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Buncha Stuff Sunday

September 14, 2008

I really enjoyed my time preaching for Freedom Temple in downtown Atlanta this morning.  They are a great church and always receive me very well. The pastor there, Rodney Smith, is one of my best friends and I’ve been praying heavily for him over the past few weeks.  We were both in Student Government at [...]

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Why I Said “I Oughta Slap Your Face”

September 13, 2008

I love Twitter.  It is a communications hub that allows you to post and respond to messages with 140 characters for a group of select friends and followers.  Twitter has allowed me to really connect with a diverse group of men and women from around the country and around the world that I would probably [...]

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Wifey’s New Blog! Check it Out!

September 13, 2008

So proud to see my wife putting her thoughts out there for all to see.  We are two of the most opinionated people you’ll ever meet.  We argue constantly (when she isn’t pregnant) and scare the crap out of our friends that think we must hate each other, but I have never loved somebody so [...]

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The Hope of September 12th Remains Today

September 12, 2008

I remember September 12th, 2001 like it was yesterday.  My wife and I had just gotten our first apartment together, she was pregnant with our daughter Kendi, and I was trying to encourage her that we, 20 & 21 year old college students, were going to be OK in the face of what looked like [...]

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