Click on my picture to be a friendThis weekend was the last weekend of 2006. I can’t believe how fast it went!
Highlights from the weekend…
- This was not a normal weekend. Pastor Vern (our Director of Discipleship and Pastoral
Care) and I did a team teaching in which we shared identified Northgate core values and
looked ahead to 2007 and beyond. I’ve never taught [...]
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I spent a lot of my Christmas break reading! I read The Man Called Cash: The Life, Love, and Faith of an American Legend by Steve Turner.
A few highlights from the book:
- Johnny Cash was an ordained minister!
- Johnny Cash was a man who was hugely shaped by his past. OK, OK, I know that [...]
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I just finished Design (Tom Peters Essentials) by guess who… Tom Peters!
A few key lessons about systems that I picked up from this great little read include:
1) “Addition is the exercise of fools. Subtraction is the exercise of genius.” It’s
easy and common to add “stuff” (e.g. programs, etc.). It’s the subtraction that gets [...]
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This past weekend was awesome!
1) We had a total of five weekend services (three regularly scheduled and two Christmas
eve services). I preached in all of them! Can you say “TIRED”?
2) I wrapped up our sermon series entitled, “What Do You Want?” In this series we
taught that Jesus offers hope, peace, joy, and love. [...]
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This weekend is HUGE! We are having five services (three “regular” and two Christmas eve services).
As I am sitting here at my computer wrapping up the talk for the evening I am thinking about the gift of God in a new way…
I’m blown away that Jesus would die for me. I have hurt Him, disappointed [...]
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You know, I’ve had a thought rolling around in my head for the last month or so. Someday maybe I’ll be able to say it better than this, but for now here’s what I’ve got…
The higher up the leadership ladder you go the more “Big things” you will be expected to deal with at a [...]
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OK, I’ve seen this quote twice today so I figure I’d better share it with you…
“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle.” Philo of Alexander.
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I sat down today with Anthony Hoisington, our newly hired worship leader and leader of Thursday’s ministry.
As he munched on his cookie and gazed off into the wild blue yonder, here’s what I learned:
Paul: Tell us something about yourself that will surprise us.
Anthony: I love the Andy Griffith show.
Paul: (laughing) Seriously?
Anthony: (not laughing) Seriously.
Paul: (not [...]
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Hey, just in case you didn’t notice… I now have a link on the right hand side of this page that you can sign up to get this blog in your e-mail.
I have four people signed up on it now (two of those are my bride and me… but hey, we need to know what [...]
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Holy Moly! What a crazy weekend! We had to travel to Olean for my graduation, and we had company for the weekend!
We didn’t come to the Saturday night service because I was GRADUATING!!! And we didn’t come to the 9:30 service (because we were TIRED), but we did come to the 11:00 service!
Here’s some thoughts [...]
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