March 2009

Man!  I have so much to say about our “Power of ONE” event that I really don’t know where to begin. Before I say anything, I wanna give BIG SHOUT OUTS to everyone that made last night such a great success.  We are getting powerful testimonies and feedback and could not have done it without [...]

I was reading this post from my buddy Los yesterday and it really got me thinking about the scoundrel I used to be.  Don’t get me wrong, I am still a pretty messed up dude in need of the grace and mercy of God every single day, but I am not who or what I [...]

I came really close to starting The Courageous Church nearly 7 years ago.  To get prepared, I asked about a dozen pastors what the hardest thing was about being a Senior Pastor.  Time and time again the one thing that I heard over and over was how hard it was to see people that you [...]

The Courageous Church has been given a HUGE and rather groundbreaking opportunity to reach Atlanta’s college students on Monday, March 30th @7pm and we are going to need YOUR help! Our church was asked to kick off a week long revival on the campus of Morehouse College by overseeing the entire production (music, videos, preaching, [...]

Our family had a ton of fun tonight celebrating St. Patrick’s Day.  We’re obviously not very Irish (we’re more Irish than you may think though), but we we wanted to teach the kids a bit about another culure and have a goofy good time in the process!  Check out her photos and description of all [...]

I am struggling a bit with sermon prep and could use your help!  Our church doesn’t yet have offices and my house of 6 is pretty crowded! Right now I normally try to wake up super early in the morning to get some private time for sermon prep and this is working pretty good.  I’d [...]

Nothing will zap your marriage, ministry, or leadership greater than moral failure.  Several times a week I receive devastating emails and phone calls from people suffering the grave fallout from some type of scandal. Moral failure leaves behind a certain residue that is just really hard for most folk to overcome and should be avoided [...]

Today was definitely one of the biggest and best and most important days in the life of our young church. We moved from CenterStage to our new location a block away and people really loved the move and all of the benefits. The space was more intimate, cleaner, pretty doggone flexible, and a whole lot [...]