Month April 2008

Wednesday: Exponential: Patrick

I went to Darrin Patrick’s seminar on leadership this morning, and I enjoyed how he related all his points back to scripture in 1-2 Timothy. Coincidentally, Darrin is pastor of “The Journey” in St. Louis. He spoke about three areas…

Wednesday: Exponential: Hirsch

Wednesday at Exponential was both affirming and exhausting. I ended up leaving the conference before the final speaker simply because I was on head and heart overload. The day for me began in the main session with Alan Hirsch. Alan…

Tuesday at Exponential

I was incredibly encouraged today.That was after about 40 minutes of discouragement in the first plenary session of Exponential. Ed Stetzer began the conference’s first main session, and his “presentation” consisted of statistics and research. Terrible way to begin a…

Exponential Day 1

I arrived in Orlando yesterday and had to rent a car. This was unplanned, but after discovering that a one-way trip from the airport was $55, I realized that I’d spend more on taxis than I would on car rental,…

Off to Orlando

I’ll be flying out for Orlando Monday morning to attend the Exponential Conference. I’ve been planning and hoping to get to go for over a year, and even though the money is not quite there, I made the decision a…

My solitary place

This is my solitary place. Where is yours? Matthew 14:13 When Jesus heard what had happened, he withdrew by boat privately to asolitaryplace. Hearing of this, the crowds followed him on foot from the towns. Matthew 14:12-14(in Context) Mark 1:35…