Organizational Development

Monday Morning Mini-Series

For the next several weeks I thought I would share a little mini-series about staff values. Team culture and dynamics are such critical elements that we as leaders need to care take.  At Cross Point, we have 7 staff values that are core to how we interact and treat one another.  Any given day you […]

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Why I Believe in Empty Promises

It was just over 7 years ago when God spoke to me with one of the most clear directives I’ve ever heard from him. I was contemplating quitting my job as an Artist Development Manager for the leading Christian record label to come and work for Cross Point Church, a still relatively small unknown church […]

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Remember. Celebrate.

Today we remember… sacrifice, pain, betrayal, lost hope. Sunday we celebrate… restoration, renewed hope, the miraculous, life! 2012 // Easter at Cross Point from Cross Point Church on Vimeo. Celebrate with us at Cross Point.  All the details for all our services times at all of our campuses are listed here. How will you remember? […]

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In Remembrance

Baptism and Communion yesterday at all 5 of our campuses! We celebrated over 75 people baptized! And all of us remembered through communion. A powerful day as we enter into Holy Week. This week may you be moved by the significance and sacrifice of this event. What will you do to mark this week as […]

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Praying the Truth

“We should bring to God what is in us, not what ought to be in us.  The “oughts” will keep us from telling the truth.  They will also keep us from feeling the truth.  Especially the truth about our pain.”  C. S. Lewis I felt myself breathe a huge sigh when I read this. There […]

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Sunday Lessons

Today I had the privilege to sit down for a 30 minute conversation with one of our Cross Point volunteers whom I had never met before.  This incredibly sweet, super vibrant, insanely passionate young women regurgitated our vision better than I do most days.  As I asked her why she served, she gushed with fervor […]

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International Women’s Day

WARNING: This is a rambling post of me processing out loud.  Please read it as such & join the conversation with that perspective in mind. Yesterday was International Women’s Day. I kind of stumbled upon that information.  I wasn’t even aware the day existed. According to Wikipedia “The UN theme for International Women’s Day 2012 […]

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International Women's Day

WARNING: This is a rambling post of me processing out loud.  Please read it as such & join the conversation with that perspective in mind. Yesterday was International Women’s Day. I kind of stumbled upon that information.  I wasn’t even aware the day existed. According to Wikipedia “The UN theme for International Women’s Day 2012 […]

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Overwhelmed

I am absolutely overwhelmed by this video… … overwhelmed that this is real … overwhelmed by the possibility that we could change the course of history Odds are you’ve seen it, if not take the 30 minutes to watch it. KONY 2012 from INVISIBLE CHILDREN on Vimeo. Remember my post When Leaders Fail?  This could […]

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Anxious or Faithful

Contentment is my One Word pursuit this year. And as I journey towards contentment I repeatedly have to face my anxious heart. Typically anxiety accompanies the weight of responsibility I feel.  And usually I’m feeling so responsible because I’ve begun to try to control it all instead of remembering it’s all God’s.  It’s not mine.  […]

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