Archive - February, 2007

Change is Good, Change is Bad

February 28, 2007 in Personal with 0 Comments

Sorry for the lack of postings this week. It’s been a crazy week, and it’s only Wednesday! There is so much I’d like to write about this week, that I can’t in this forum. In the next couple of weeks I’ll play catchup, I promise.

Here are some great thoughts on change.


It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power. -Alan Cohen

It doesn’t work to leap a twenty-foot chasm in two ten-foot jumps. -American Proverb

They say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself. -Andy Warhol

It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change. -Charles Darwin

If you have always done it that way, it is probably wrong. -Charles Kettering

Hockey Night in Texas

February 25, 2007 in Links with 0 Comments

Last Friday night I went to a Dallas Stars hockey game with some friends. One old friend, and one kinda new friend.

In tribute to this great night with friends I share this video. Of course if this had happened in Dallas I know that all three of us would have been screaming, “Fight, Fight, Fight!”

You think just because I’m a pastor that I wouldn’t condone hockey fighting?

Pay special attention to the smiling goalie, Ray Emery.

C3 Recap #2

February 23, 2007 in Ministry, Personal with 2 Comments

I returned this afternoon from the second and last day of the C3 Creative Church Conference. I’ve been to alot of conferences in my life, and honestly I don’t like most of them. This one is unique to the conferences I’ve been too, and I hope I get a chance to attend next year. Here’s some highlights from day #2:

  • The 5th Session Speaker was the Bishop T.D. Jakes. Bishop Jakes was quite different from the other speakers, but what he brought to the conference was heavy! He carries such wisdom on leadership, and he really left the crowd stunned with his message.
    • He used Exodus 4:1-12 as his text, and spoke about Moses being called by God.
    • 4 Points, comparing Moses with a Leader today:
      • The Shepherd’s Source: God called out the leadership already within Moses. God has equipped each of us to do exactly what he means for us to do.
      • The Shepherd’s Spirit: God has created a unique, focused, and clear vision within Moses, and he planted it upon Moses’ life.
      • The Shepherd’s Staff: What’s in your hand Moses? He spoke about what’s already at your disposal as a leader, and making the best use of the leadership (staff) around you.
      • The Shepherd’s Stutter: Ever felt like God chose you to do the one thing you’re most ill equipped to do? Why would God choose Moses, the stutter, to be the voice of his people? God’s strength is made perfect in our weakness.
  • The 5th Session Speaker was the Ed Young, again. This time he spoke about the things he learned watching his father over the years. It was really, a potpourri of wisdom. Some nuggets included:
    • “Do the Hard things first.”
    • “Have ZERO partiality towards people in your church.”
    • “Have a funeral in your mind for the negative people in your life.”
    • Learn the Power of the Absence.
      • “If you don’t take breaks in your schedule, your schedule will break you.”
      • “Leadership is truly measured when we’re not there.”

It was really a great, refreshing time for this littlepastor. There aren’t really enough of these things in my life, and I’m glad I got to experience it this year.

C3 Recap #1

February 22, 2007 in Personal with 0 Comments

Spent the first day at the C3 Creative Church Conference at Fellowship Church. Great, great, great event; It’s a really simple format with some really impressive speakers. Here’s some highlights from Day 1:

  • The First Session Speaker was Ed Young:
    • “Delegation is the Catalyst to Creativity.”
    • “When Pride walks on the stage, God walks off!”
    • “Delegation without Investigation is Relegation.”
    • “Delegation is not to exile a task to another, it’s entrusting others with the What If’s.”
  • The Second Session speaker was Craig Groeschel:
    • “God uses the insecure, risk taking, pain enduring idiots.”
    • “We often say it’s all Him, but we believe it’s all us.”
    • He had three great questions for all leaders:
      • In what area of Ministry have I become dangerously secure in my knowledge and abilities?
      • What Faith risk is God calling me to take?
      • What painful decision have I been avoiding?
  • The Third Session speaker was Mark Driscoll:
    • “Without the Gospel, all life is vanity.”
    • “The 1st two ten commandments are the key to the other eight. If we keep the first two, we’ll never break the other eight.”
    • The two enemies of the Gospel: Idolatry & Religion
      • Religion says, “If you obey, God will love you.”
      • The Gospel says, “Because God loves me, I will obey.
    • “Religion sees hardship as punishment, but the Gospel tells us good fruit can come from suffering.”
    • “The Gospel always leads to a life of confident humility.”
  • The Fourth Session speaker was Dr. Ed Young:
    • Spoke out of Isaiah 54, on Strengthening your Stakes, and lengthening your cords. In other words, doing the things to prepare for something big.
    • “Children are the most important thing to be cared for in the local church, and all other excellence should flow from this area outward. Not the other way around.”
    • “To neglect the children in our society is to neglect our current and future at the same time.”

It was a really great first day! I’ll bring more updates on Day #2 real soon…

Creative Church Conference

February 21, 2007 in Ministry, Personal with 0 Comments


I’m headed to the 2007 C3 Conference at Fellowship Church Thursday and Friday. One of the great things about living in Dallas, is the close access I have to some great leadership resources. This year two of my favorite Christian speakers are doing sessions, Craig Groeschel and Mark Driscoll. One of the great things about conferences, and it cannot be underestimated, is getting away from the office for a few days. It’s hard getting to place that I can leave for two days, but it is so worth the extra effort!

I’ll post a review as soon as I can…

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