Excellent time with P. Steve Murrell yesterday morning. He spoke at our morning service on the Father heart of God. I loved his illustration of the two hands of God using Rembrandt’s The Return of the Prodigal painting. Go listen to his message here.
Leadership lunch with Steve and GBCK’s ministry team after the morning service was one [...]
Entries from January 2008
January 28, 2008
Another morning with Steve
January 25, 2008
A morning with Steve
Spent the morning with Pastor Steve Murrell and nearly 50 pastors and leaders from the Hawaii region. Steve’s main thought concerned c0-generational leadership; that is, how can leaders from different generations lead together without one taking the backseat to the other. Is there a way the older generation makes room for the younger to lead while [...]
January 25, 2008
Sunday’s message is online
Sorry so late but Sunday’s message, “Shine”, is online along with the message notes. Getting ready for a leaders’ meeting with Pastor Steve Murrell. Will post more later.
January 23, 2008
OMM — Jan. 23
Our message series www.40intheword.com is off to a good start. It’s cool reading what people are getting from reading the Bible. But the coolest stories are the ones that I’m hearing that aren’t being written. Gang, God’s word changes lives and I love it! If you’re not in a small group get in one and [...]
January 7, 2008
OMM – Jan 6
Good first Sunday of the year. Coffee talk went well. Outlined our purpose as a church and some of the things we will emphasize in ‘08.
Evening service continues to do well. We’ll gain more traction as school resumes and schedules settle.
Our leadership team is outstanding. I can’t thank them enough.
We kick off our new series [...]
January 3, 2008
Starbucks theology
Nobody denies the Starbucks phenomenon; the company has taken a commodity (Websters: a mass-produced, unspecialized product; a good that leads to smaller profits because of wide availability) and made it into a specialized product with massive profit margins. Nobody cringes at a $2 cup of coffee anymore. It’s changed the cultural landscape; we [...]
January 3, 2008
OMM–Jan 2
Happy New Year! We celebrated with some people at the church house. Popped a bunch of fireworks. It is amazing how much people spend on fireworks. Our neighbors burnt thousands of dollars of fireworks. We did have some burn caualties which is part of the territory if you light fireworks. Everyone gets burned sooner or [...]
