I had the opportunity this weekend and on Wednesday to participate in a movement of God. A couple of months back Adam asked my friend Shane to speak for TrueNorth Church’s 180 Weekend for their students. Shane was not able to speak because his student ministry at Greenbrier Church was also hosting a similar weekend […]
Only God Can Get the Glory
I hate preparing a budget. It’s not fun at all. Especially when you have to look at the reality of how much it costs to run a church and the reality of how much money actually comes in to the church; and then there’s the balancing act of budget requests. I never really liked it […]
Why We Don’t Beg People to Stay
I have a firm rule as a pastor. I DO NOT beg (or ask) people to stay at New Passion. I’ve always had my reasons why, but this verse, though simple, is very profound, I couldn’t have said it better myself… These people left our churches, but they never really belonged with us; otherwise they […]
Confessions about the Chaos
I was 5 seconds from confessing that I made a mistake in the way we did our stripped service today at New Passion. But….I can’t confess making a mistake by being obedient to what I felt like God wanted us to do. I felt God wanted us to do service the way we did service, […]
Some Gave All
“Go and sell all your possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” Mark 10:21 A lady asked to talk to me in private after service today, that always leaves a pastor a 50-50 chance that we are about to receive bad news. Thankfully, […]