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An open letter to church planters (and others)

May 30, 2022
I write this open letter to church planters because of the importance of the work you do, because I have a heart for pioneers and risk-takers, and because I pastor a church that believes in church planting and lives it. But, the truth is this letter is for pastors, leaders, and believers of all stripes. This is a dark world, and times are (to use the nicest term I can think of) precarious. These indeed are days when people have started to call good things evil and evil things good. Doing the …

Praying for you, for real this time

May 23, 2022
Do you ever just say stuff? You know, those moments when your mouth gets away from you and somewhere behind your eyes, your good ol’ pal, the brain is screaming, “What are you talking about?” Let’s consider a couple of examples: Someone asks you to run the school fundraiser even though your kids graduated last year, and before you think it through, your mouth pops off with a confident, “Sure!” Someone at church asks if you’re ready for the presentation tomorrow and even though you don’t have …

An Open Letter to Pastors

May 16, 2022
This was an open letter to my brothers, friends, and comrades in arms known as CrossPoint Location Pastors, but I share it here as my heart for all of you as well. ——————————————— Brothers, As I have been studying the book of Joshua in my devotional time, I have been gleaning some lessons on leadership. I know the purpose of my study time is to hear from God and submit to Him. But, the side notepad of leadership ideas that stream from this book has caused me to think much about what I, you, a…

Hey pastor, calm down and just preach

May 9, 2022
As I’m preparing for preaching weekend, I was thinking about my fellow pastors who are doing the same all across the country and around the world. It caused me to want to send them a note, so here it is. For my personal devotional time, I’ve been cycling through the book of Romans. Many of you in the theological “know” will recognize that portions of this book are a battleground for specific theological camps regarding issues of predestination, free will, determinism, the free agency of man, …