Much has been made of Ted Haggard’s announcement last week that he would be starting a church. I’ll be honest I’ve gone back and forth in my head in whether I’m ok with this or whether I’m not. In the end, my opinion matters not. I find it interesting that many people would say Ted…
Be Intentional
At the social media conference I was at over the weekend (MISE), Jesse Rice challenged me in a big way to be more intentional. My favorite quote from one of his talks was: Intentionality sets the stage for transformation. Here he was referring to Jesus’ earthly ministry, but I think implications for this show up…
Fortuitous Bouncing
Today I’m going to be on a panel at MISE in Wilsonville (20 minutes south of Portland). It is a conference for church leaders wanting to learn more about navigating social media. Hope to meet/see some of you there. Starting in a week, I’m taking a 2-week intensive summer course at my seminary. I’m hoping…
Slow Down
A few months into my new role of leading worship for students as well as leading the band for Sunday mornings at Sunset I knew I had to change the way I was doing my day to day living. I was exhausted. And in many ways I still am. But some of the changes I…
Raw, Honest Skeleton Bones
On Monday night I had the opportunity to hear John Mark McMillan and Gungor in concert. I’ve talked about Gungor before so I thought I’d talk about John Mark McMillan today. The concert was everything I had hoped for. The venue was awful, but it was great to be surrounded by the hipsters of Portland…
Fortuitous Bouncing
When I got home late on Friday night I decided then I’d have to do this weekly post on Monday instead of Saturday for one week. Sleep was calling. Sorry for those affected by this decision. If any of you are near Portland tonight, come join me in going to see Gungor…you won’t regret it.…