The Universe Speaks to Oprah

Lately I have been hearing a lot of talk about Christians boycotting Oprah because of some of the people, products and things she endorses along with some of the spiritual language she is using. To be honest I haven’t really paid much attention to this, but I happened to tune in a couple of weeks […]

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Random Piece of Advice

If your boss has a blog you should read it! If your employee has a blog you should read it! If someone you love has a blog you should read it! You could learn a lot… what’s important to them, what energizes them, what concerns them, etc. Whose blog should you be reading that you’re […]

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Dysfunctional Teams

I read a great article today by Nancy Ortberg about how to avoid the 5 most common dysfunctions of a ministry team. She takes the principles from Patrick Lencioni‘s book The Five Dysfunctions of a Team and applies them to ministry work. It’s a great, practical read for church leaders. You can read the entire […]

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We did it!

I’m a little bit late in posting these, but nevertheless here are a few race day pictures. I finished in 2:16:03. I was pretty pleased with that time, but am already itching to improve it – that competitive streak always gets the best of me! Thank you to everyone who cheered us on and thank […]

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The Story of Audrey Caroline

Today at Cross Point we had the privilege to hear the story of Todd and Angie Smith and the amazing life of their daughter Audrey Caroline. Little Audrey only lived 2 1/2 hours outside of the womb, but the impact this precious baby is having through the sharing of her story by her parents is […]

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Quote to ponder

“If we are not careful, we can become the sum total of all the expectations others impose on our lives.” Erwin McManus from Soul Cravings

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Race Time!

It’s less than 36 hours until the race! I’ve been training since December and can’t believe it’s time. Over the last several months I have talked to so many people at Cross Point that are also running, so I thought it would be fun to create a list of all the runners. If you attend […]

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I feel like I'm in high school again!

Lately I’ve been wrestling with my motivation for blogging. Not motivation as in the initiative to do it, but motivation in why do I do it? What are my motives? Am I blogging because I want those closest to me to get a glimpse of my every day life? Am I blogging because I feel […]

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Thank you Ashley!

Today is Administrative Assistants’ Day so I wanted to take a minute to say a huge THANK YOU to Ashley Warren for everything that she does here at Cross Point. Her title is actually Office Manager and she takes care of the general office needs, runs our First Impressions ministry PLUS assists Pete and myself. […]

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