Living Real

I have a flaw. I know, I know, I like to think I’m practically perfect in every way, but really, I have a flaw (okay, I have several flaws!) What I’m talking about today is that flaw where I line up too much on my plate. I’ve done it on my own, without help from [...]

What a night last night! We were busting at the seams! I saw numerous faces from the platform that I did not know, and THAT is awesome! That’s why we do the planning, praying and carrying out. It’s why we keep on — not to see unknown people, but to see them, really see them [...]

Darren really brought it tonight. He talked about what our purpose is here & now. What I heard: "Life without purpose is meaningless, it’s an endless cycle of futility." "My purpose is to prepare myself and others for ‘over there’." COTC’s purpose from the beginning has been to help people find and grow in an [...]

I heard so much wonderful information while at Catalyst, that I’m still reeling! I’m spending some time going over the notes I took and listening to the CDs (THANK YOU GOD for the recording of the sessions!) to gather into my head what God wants me to really get. I think this time, one of [...]

My mind is still reeling! So very much information. Such wisdom imparted from that stage today. I will write more about it, but today’s speakers talked about the things that are wrong with church leadership, with how we human-being-type leaders screw up what God has planned, and the amazing vision God has for us, and [...]

Catalyst Labs. Time with an author or church leader in a "small" group setting. Small is relative, because — these groups are probably 300 or so. But it’s not 12,000. So, I went to hear Perry Noble. He talked about what to do when you feel your passion waning. Four very significant questions, borne from [...]

A word aptly spoken        is like apples of gold in settings of silver. That’s Proverbs 25:11 in the NIV.  I just received one of those apples of gold. Someone just mentioned in an e-mail — almost as an aside — that they love my announcements at church. I can’t begin to say [...]

The longer I live (or the older I get) the more I realize that I simply MUST ask for help, whether it’s getting a teenager to show me how to text using my cell phone or getting a webhost support person to walk me through each step of getting a website up and going. There’s [...]