How to Climb Mt. Kilimanajaro w/ Me in the Summer of 2012! I Can’t Wait!

December 2, 2011

Summit Leaders, one of the coolest leadership initiatives in the world, is giving me (and you) an awesome chance to do something incredible together – climb the tallest mountain in Africa together for 7 days in July of 2012! Instead of traditional conferences and workshops, Summit Leaders brings together a very small group of people [...]

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What You Do vs. How You Look: A lesson I learned studying Living Social & Groupon

December 1, 2011

(This post has not been edited for errors.  Just my quick raw thoughts) I am leading a team that is studying Living Social and Groupon - the 2 leading online purveyors of great deals & coupons. The overwhelming consensus is that Living Social is offering better deals with better companies.  In the past few weeks this [...]

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A ton of you asked about the O Magazine article…

November 30, 2011

I am still so amped to be profiled in the new issue O Magazine!  It is the December issue w/ Oprah’s Favorite Things on the cover.  Go buy it and check me out on page 193-194.  I kid you not, every time I see it in stores I want to open it up and show [...]

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The Danger of Being Slightly Off Course

November 29, 2011

Heading in the general direction of where you want to go is overrated…and overdone. Let me tell you why.  (I’ll use mountain climbing as an analogy here, but then I’ll get personal and step on your toes a bit.) When I last climbed Mt. Rainier, it pushed every limitation I have to the max.  Regularly [...]

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Moving on from @TwitChange & some of what is next

November 22, 2011

Hey Friends! Over a year ago you helped me start an online movement I named TwitChange! We won the Mashable award for the most creative social good campaign, we were featured in every news outlet imaginable, had tens of millions of hits, and did a lot of good for orphans, families of soldiers, young girls [...]

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Here’s Our Cross Country Route! We’d Love to See (and Spend the Night With) You!

October 21, 2011

Hey Friends! Next week my family will be making our cross-country roadtrip from Kentucky to Southern California and we’d love to connect with you along the way. We wanna know the best places to visit The best local places to eat AND… We’re hoping that our big family (me, Rai, our 4 kids (ages 2, [...]

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I am building a team. Crazy people ready to change the world needed. Click here to join.

October 18, 2011

You clicked on the link. Either you are crazy or wish you were :-) I am building a team and I need people (doesn’t matter where you live) that want to make their life matter…right now.  For this first wave, that’s all the info I can give you. Click here to join. UPDATE :: 700+ [...]

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Giving Away My Most Prized Possession : Only Have 1 Catch…

October 15, 2011

Where I’m going and what I’ll be doing, I can’t take books. I’ll be too mobile and they’re too heavy. I want you to have them.  It’s a huge and amazing collection that I have amassed over 15 years, 4 colleges & universities, tons of classes, conferences, studies, and more. It’s probably about 1,000 books [...]

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We’re Giving Everything Away on This Saturday @ 9am

October 13, 2011

UPDATE :: Everything is gone!  Wow…that was amazing!! — Hey Friends.  On this Saturday we’ve decided to simply give away everything else away that we own.  It will be a ton of great stuff including more furniture, clothes, tons of books for kids and adults, home decorations, dishes, a great telescope, tables, chairs, artwork, garbage [...]

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How to Stay in Touch w/ Me!

October 13, 2011

We’re moving this weekend.  I will always love Atlanta and wonder if we’ll come back eventually.  I know we want our kids to attend Morehouse & Spelman :-) While we’re globetrotting, I wanted to just give you all the ways you can connect with me. (First off – please do not contact me through my [...]

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Here’s the big list of everything we’re selling. 3 days left!

October 7, 2011

UPDATE :: We’re giving everything else away this Saturday. If you missed it…we’re moving to California and to Africa and maybe some other places.  So we need to pack lightly! We’re selling virtually everything we own except for clothes and a few pairs of underwear :-)  In 3 days we’re having a big estate/yard sale [...]

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Our Next Steps: Discipleship, Healing, Family, California, Africa, Book, Social Media

October 7, 2011

Just about a month ago I stepped down as Pastor of Courageous Church.  The past month has been very difficult for my family as we let go of the church we started and the only city we’ve ever known, but it feels right. Scary, but right. So many of you have prayed for us and [...]

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Wow! Sold you guys my Mac Gear. Here’s what else we’re selling…

October 5, 2011

Wow! Just sold my Mac gear to you guys!   My family is moving out of state in a few weeks and we are really about to sell everything we have.  Where we’re going we won’t need much.  For some reason, I really found it much more fulfilling to sell my stuff to you guys than [...]

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Why Not?! Selling my brand new iPad 2 too…

October 3, 2011

UPDATE :: Just sold the iPad. UPDATE :: Just sold the MacBook Pro —– So. We’re moving soon &  we’re about to sell nearly everything we have next week in a big estate sale. I’m selling my mack-daddy MacBook Pro here and have had many offers already this morning. I’m also going to go ahead [...]

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Selling My Mack-Daddy MacBook Pro w/ Applecare!

October 3, 2011

UPDATE :: Just sold the iPad. UPDATE :: Just sold the MacBook Pro As you may know my family is going through a major transition and we expect to be moving soon.  We’re selling as much of our stuff as we can to make the move light. I’m also seeing what I can sell or [...]

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Not a Joke. You Need to Buy This. At Least Click on the Link 4 My Birthday.

September 17, 2011

(If you know me you know I NEVER suggest books.  Nobody asked me to do this.  For my birthday, I want you to buy this for yourself.  It’s helped me that much.) —- Last week my wife bought herself a daily devotional entitled, Jesus Calling: Enjoying Peace in His Presence.  The lady at the bookstore [...]

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Are you in the arena? Dust on your face? Bloodied up? This is for you…

September 13, 2011

Right now this quote from Theodore Roosevelt is really helping me as I deal with critics and doubts and thoughts and everything in between.  I put the parts I like in bold print (get the joke?). “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or [...]

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We’re Moving

September 12, 2011

Hello Friend, I hope you are doing very well. For my entire adult life Atlanta has been my home.  I love this city.  I moved here as a bright eyed 17 year old to go to college and have been here now for 14 exciting years.  I thank God and I thank you for helping [...]

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Losing Your Mojo

September 8, 2011

(This post has not been edited for errors) To understand what mojo is and why it’s so important you must first watch this 51 second video on YouTube. Did you see it?  If so, then you now know that mojo is one of the very things that allows good to combat evil :-) Real talk [...]

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Going to Kenya

September 7, 2011

We’re not sure when we’ll go or how long we’ll stay, but our big family has decided to spend some time in Kenya – in great part so we can serve the hundreds of thousands of families struggling from the famine that have moved from Somalia to the world’s largest refugee camp in Dadaab (North [...]

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