As I’m writing this (from my iPhone!) we are loading up for our student ministry’s annual winte retreat to Lake Brownwood. Our theme this year is from Galatians 6: ‘bear each other’s burdens’. This year, students from our sister church, New Life Baptist, will be joining us as we explore the Scriptures and worship together. [...]
Every 7 years, Stefan Sagmeister closes his NY design studio for a ONE YEAR sabbatical to rejuvenate and refresh their creative outlook. Here he explains how rest and recreation refuels his re-creation and creativity. Great thoughts. Plus there's a little creepy Laughing Yoga Guy at the end. The Power of Time Off
1. Another year married to the most amazing, patient, loving woman I know. I’m blessed beyond words to be married to my best friend. She is the wife of my youth and my drug of choice. 2. Watching my boys grow into little men. While they are both wired very differently, I can see [...]
1. Great leadership. With my increased worship responsibilities in By Design, a new baby in April, and a new worship facility in June, our student ministry would have suffered greatly without some amazing volunteer workers and staff leadership. (Face it…our student ministry would’ve been on life support!) So much success is greatly attributed to the [...]
If 10 years ago, someone told me that I'd soon have a cell phone that could navigate the internet, blog, tune my guitar, teach me to cook, find sex offenders, turn my voice into text and get me out of meetings, I'd have laughed. But today, the iPhone app store has revolutionized our lives [...]
"The only thing you will ever know is what you see and what you read." In the past year, I've read (or re-read) a handful of books that are on my 'Keep These Close to You' books. 1. Worship Matters, by Bob Kauflin. Perhaps the best thing I've read on worship this year. Whether [...]
Below are the top albums of 2009 that have impacted me. Some of them may make someone else's Top Ten list…but some will go relatively unnoticed. They are all very different from each other. So, in no particular order, here they are. 1. The controversial Stockholm Syndrome, from Derek Webb. Perhaps one of the craftiest [...]
It's that time of year when I start looking back and evaluating the last 12 months. The good, the bad, and the what-was-I-thinking. And because we don't exist in a vacuum, I have to look at things holistically. What significant cultural, spiritual, and personal events shaped me this year? How did those things color my [...]