Organizational Development

Fighting for Hope

Hope deferred makes the heart sick. Proverbs 13:12 I’ve been quiet the last few days since the tragedy in Haiti.  Not because I’m not interested.  Not because my heart doesn’t hurt.  Not because I don’t care. Because my heart is sick. Because I’m personally fighting for hope. I’m fighting for hope for myself so that […]

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Do Something!

If there is something wrong, those who have the ability to do something have a responsibility to do something. I heard this quote a few weeks ago and immediately scribbled it down.  I can’t remember who said it, where they said it or what context it was in, but WHAT they said hit a nerve […]

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Sunday Highlights

It has been a crazy week for our staff getting ready for this Sunday.  Today we launched our brand new series “Pursuit” which is going to be an amazing journey pursuing wisdom…. AND we also launched our brand new family worship experience called FX! FX launched at all 3 of our campuses and I heard […]

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Friday Fun

I can hardly believe that we’re only one week into the New Year!  This has been such a full week.  We’re back at it in full force! Here are some things I’m excited about: The 31 Day Challenge – I love that so many of us are reading through Proverbs together.  I love hearing your […]

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What are You Pursuing?

Always striving, always pursuing… More Perfection Better Stuff Knowledge Influence Acknowledgement Validity Acceptance I’m always striving… always pursuing something.  Can you relate to this?  Maybe you can add a few more things to the list. It’s so easy to find ourselves in the constant pursuit of more, but I’m continuing to realize that I tend […]

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Sunday Highlights

My Prayer for You by Pete Wilson Matthew 6:25-30 Three things that I am praying for you this year: 1) That you’ll have a great faith I’m praying that there is one area of your life that you’ll step out and trust God in a big way.  That you’ll face something that completely terrifies you. […]

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Got $25?

A couple of weeks ago I told you guys about my friends Jarrett & Jeanne Stevens who are starting Soul City Church in Chicago Spring 2010.  These guys are in my prayers daily as they embark on this massive faith journey of planting a church. Today me and several other bloggers are asking everyone we […]

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Sunday Highlights

“Identity Crisis” by Justin Davis We’re really good at treating symptoms of problems rather than the problems themselves. Our problem is an identity crisis.  We don’t live out who God has called us to be. Genesis 3:1-7 We buy into the lie that God is not enough. A LIE believed as though it were truth, […]

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