My heart is hurting for the devastation of Haiti. The capital city of Port-Au-Prince, a city of 3 million, has been nearly leveled, and the toll of lost lives is just beggining to be counted I know many of you want to help. TrueLife Church is a part of a fellowship of churches known as the [...][...]
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Prayer Walk
On Thursday mornings I usually try to take some extended time to pray by going on a prayer walk. The majority of the time this means a trip to some of my favorite trails at Umstead State Park. Since my kids were out of school for the summer, I invited my oldest son [...][...]
Twitter Prayer Team
I have been mulling over for the past month using twitter to build a prayer team. I am think it is time to jump off the bridge and start the train moving. If you are not fimiliar with twitter, it is an online free service that sends updates through text messages to mobile devices. We [...][...]
December 5th, 2007 - 1:43 pm § in Be The Church
We’ve got a long way to go & a short time to get there..
One of the best movie songs of all times was “East Bound and Down” by Jerry Reed from “Smokey and the Bandit”. I feel that song this week. We’ve got a long way to go & a short time to get there. Let me take a moment to talk about being overwhelmed. Three s[...]
November 26th, 2007 - 11:59 am § in Be The Church
Getting Over the Monday Morning Blues
“Happiness makes up in height what it lacks in length” - Robert Frost “How much stuff do you need to be happy?” – Larry the Cucumber, from VeggieTale’s “Madame BlueBerry” I am currently reading a book entitled “The Progress Paradox&[...]
November 2nd, 2007 - 9:22 am § in Be The Church
Why I went Trick or Treating instead of Going to Church
Halloween is one of my favorite events. I loved it as a kid, and I still like it as an adult. I know there are great Christian leaders who disagree with my enjoyment of the day, but let me tell you why I like it. Reason #1 – One day a year (not [...][...]
October 30th, 2007 - 1:41 pm § in Be The Church
Virtual Church Office
Being employed as a full-time pastor for the past dozen years, I have always been in a multi-staff organization. There were administrative assistants, pastors, book-keepers, receptionists, and maintenance people. The office functioned basically like any small business with office hours from 9 to[...]
October 24th, 2007 - 2:34 pm § in Be The Church, Just Walk
Risk vs. Reward at the Jr. High Dance
There is always a risk in taking a relationship to the next level. Once you open up to someone to discover something new about them, they have the power in the relationship. Giving away control (i.e. power) is very difficult. Did you go to your Jr. High dances? I loved them, but they [...][...]
September 20th, 2007 - 5:19 pm § in Be The Church
BIG MEETING TOMORROW
We have a big meeting tomorrow with the owner of “Pump It Up” to try to work out a deal for renting their facility for our Sunday morning services. We will send out an email tomorrow afternoon to give everyone an update. Please be in prayer. A couple of women from TrueLife were led[...]
