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When my family made the celebratory trek to Stephenville, TX last month for my brother-in-law Jeff’s graduation (yes, there are two of us in the family, but I was here first), we stayed in the Texas Inn there. It was…
Pastor Joe Thorn ofRedeemer Fellowshipin St. Charles, IL hasan interesting blog entryabout effective evangelism that cites six personal observations about evangelism that are worth reading and responding to here. He says, “..this isn’t technical research pulled together byEd Stetzerand the…
On May 7 of this year, a group of leading evangelical scholars, leaders and theologians gathered in Washington, D.C. to redefine for our culture and society what an “evangelical” is. Because the term has been so often used and abused…
One of our church’s family camp pictures from summer 2007 was recently featured inTravelMuseonline magazine.You can see the article here. The picture is shown on the second page of the article. Very cool.
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 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…
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…
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,…
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…
