I shot a video about our special Growth Track especially created for all of our Dream Teamers. Check it out…

Growth Track for Dream Teamers

link January 27, 2012 in ROCK Church with 2 Comments

Cheering for the team

January 25, 2012 in Great Churches with 0 Comments

One of my great joys in ministry is the amazing pastors I get to call friend in this city. We are not in competition with each other. We are on the same team. One of these great friends is Pastor Jeff Kapusta over at Lifepoint Church. They are in the midst of a building campaign where they are outfitting an incredible space on the south end of town.

For the first time in their almost 6 year history, Lifepoint Church will soon be able to have a dedicated space for their church to worship. I couldn’t be more proud or excited for them. When I heard they were securing this facility, I knew ROCK Church had to be a part. We needed to do more than just pray for the resources they needed for this project. We had to put our money where our faith was focused. On behalf of the incredibly generous people at ROCK Church I was able to bring one of the first offerings given toward the Greater Things God is doing.

Yesterday, I had the opportunity to walk through the building with Pastor Jeff and record a short video. Take a look.

I can’t wait to walk through the finished building and celebrate with my friend.

Who would you like to celebrate today?

Reboot

January 24, 2012 in Life with 0 Comments

The last couple of months have been a whirlwind of stuff around here. Let me take a minute to summarize briefly a few of the events since Thanksgiving.

  • On December 8th, I had surgery #5 on my sinuses at UNC-Chapel Hill. I’m doing great!
  • Christmas was amazing!
  • We had some more staff changes at ROCK Church.
  • Gabriel and I spent 5 days in New York City visiting museums, the symphony and basically conquering Gotham in a matter of days.
  • We began another 21 days of fasting and prayer at ROCK Church. Today marks day 9. Only 12 more to go!
  • Jennifer is coming to the end of a 15 battle with migraines that landed her at the doctor’s office, the emergency room and then 5 nights at Duke University Hospital. Although she is not completely free of it, she is doing much better.

Also, somewhere in the midst of all this chaos, my blog became infected with a virus that destroyed almost 6 years of posts. Yes, I lost everything. Somehow it became infected in the weeks leading up to my surgery. Because I was giving everything I had to staying focused until surgery, I did not catch it in time. By the time I contacted my hosting provider, all of their backups were also infected.

So, today I press reset. I could cry over all of the lost posts. I could complain about how it’s not fair. I could find someone to blame. All of these options are lame and do nothing to move forward. Instead, I will press reset and move forward.

I hope you will enjoy me on this adventure as the slate has been wiped clean and we begin again.

13 Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,
14 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 3:13–14 (ESV)

What do you need to press reset on in your life?