Click on my picture to be a friendThis past weekend we sang a hymn in church! Imagine that… a hymn at Mountain Lake Church! The church that has as it’s byline “We’ll change the way you think about church.” We sang a song written in 1905 - I Stand Amazed in the Presence.
Shawn and the team get it as far as I’m [...]
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Paint…
Poop…
People…
Yep, that’s what the last week has looked like!
We’ve been blessed to meet some GREAT people here @ Mountain Lake and the surrounding community! This is gonna be an easy fit for the next year!
As far as painting… being the father of four little people, it goes something like this…
Paint a wall… “Paul, ______ has [...]
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I’ve been chewing on a thought lately… We must get our theology right in order to get our ecclesiology right.
OK, let’s break it down…
Theology = what I believe about God
Ecclesiology = what I believe about the church
The bottom line here is that if I’m not thinking right about God then I won’t think right about [...]
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Man, it’s been forever since I’ve checked my e-mail, read my bloglines, or blogged and I’m having a techno-breakdown!
Right now I’m sitting in the second service (of four weekend services) at Mountain Lake Church! They’re doing a series called Losing Your Religion. Shawn is teaching… good stuff!
Some updates on the last few days…
We’ve [...]
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Reading in Hosea this morning I came across this verse… “Like priests, like people - since the priests are wicked, the people are wicked too.” (Hosea 4:9 NLT)
Being a spiritual leader is a HUGE responsibility! Among other things, the role of a spiritual leader is to set a spiritual benchmark.
What you are, do, say, etc. [...]
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We’ve traveled all day and have finally settled down in a hotel tonight.
I’m surrounded by females! My bride, “The Ladies”, and our female dog - Sadie.
All day as I’ve driven the moving van one phrase has continued to roll around my head… “Captured by the call.”
It is impossible to do anything other than answer this [...]
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Every leader experiences organizational and interpersonal conflict at some point. The difference between effective and ineffective leaders is how they handle it!
Michal Feiner in his book The Feiner Points of Leadership, discusses Six Laws of Leading Conflict…
#1 The Law of Interdependence - Leaders CANNOT rely on power alone to resolve conflict! Effective leaders realize that [...]
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The days of accessing this blog through the Northgate website are coming to an end… this week.
If you haven’t yet…
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We just put Amos in a car and watched him go away to a new home.
It’s part of moving on for us.
So here’s a pictorial tribute to the Big Guy…
(Amos is the one on the right in both pictures)
Goodbye you crazy puppy…
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I’m a bit reflective as we move closer to “Move Day” (Thursday).
We are…
Leaving our friends… some of the best friends we’ve ever had
Leaving a great church
Leaving one of our dogs (Amos - our male English Mastiff)
Leaving the first home we’ve owned
Leaving a secure income (we are tasked with raising our own funds for this venture… [...]
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Twittering as I go...
