sunday night rewind

We launched a new series this morning titled “Phobia,” and appropriately introduced our new friend Lucky to C3.  Here’s a little of the backstory – Byron is deathly afraid of snakes, so for this series he’s decided to speak with a 6ft Burmese Python on the platform. 
The band covered “Work” by Jars of Clay and we [...]

work ON it

One thing I have to constantly guard against is spending all my time working IN it – meaning I get so involved in what it takes to do a job or accomplish a task, that I forget to evaluate whether I’m doing the right things. 
As a church staff, we face the same challenges.  One of [...]

sunday night rewind

Awesome Sunday today – here are a few highlights:

band launched with a cover of “Beverly Hills” by Weezer - nice touch to close the series, and Rivers Cuomo better watch his back for Josh Wilson.
blew another sub – I believe that’s all 4 in a matter of a few months
launched online giving today – check it [...]

the search

I’m a few years behind on this one, but I finally got around to reading The Search – How Google and Its Rivals Rewrote the Rules of Business and Transformed Our Culture by John Battelle
This was a fascinating read and I highly recommend it if you have any business or IT leanings.  Google’s mission is [...]

sunday night rewind

Talking about money at church is always difficult – and that’s what we’ve been doing the past few weeks in our Big and Rich series.  You have to overcome religious television, the health and wealth/prosperity mindset, and a few other bad apples.  It’s been good for us as a staff to wrestle with these topics [...]

be a better blogger

Blogging has been a great addition to my already busy life for one reason – it forces me to organize and process how I exist in the world.  The discipline of blogging has required me to:

convey controversial issues to a broad audience
engage and entertain with my words  
broaden my sense of community
articulate how God is shaping [...]

4 year old princess

Today is Ansley’s 4th birthday, and I’ll spare you the discourse on time flying and how quickly she’s growing up – but really, time does fly and she has grown quite a bit.  Here are just a few reasons we love our middle child:

She lets us know when it’s bedtime.
She breaks her daddy’s heart when she [...]

i’m a prophet (well, sort of…)

I’ll be rooting for Memphis tonight in the National Championship Game for two reasons:

I have them winning it all in my fantasy bracket
Because of the this blog that I posted BEFORE the basketball season. 

Great leaders are willing to take great risks to accomplish great things – GO TIGERS!!!

sunday night rewind

We were back at our Sunday home today, better known as the Regal Cinemas 20 at Waterford Lakes.  While on the subject, I need to give a shout-out to Regal’s management team and employees.  Today marked 3 months of C3 taking over their space every Sunday and they have been more than accomodating and understanding.  They have been incredible [...]

10 reasons i don’t sell timeshares

If you read this blog, you know my family and I are on vacation at the Ron Jon Resort.  The only way we can afford said vacation is via a discount given in exchange for listening to a 90 minute timeshare presentation.  If you know me at all, I loathe sales pitches.   So here are [...]