15 Things I Wished I Would Have Known

Someone recently asked me on Twitter about what I wish I would have known BEFORE starting NewSpring…so, here are a few…

Eight Questions I Believe Pastors Should Wrestle With—Part Four

Last post of the series… #7 - Am I being faithful or looking for a formula?   REALLY need to spend some time here!  In the fall of…

Eight Questions I Believe Pastors Should Wrestle With—Part Three

Continuing the series… #5 - Are you trying to do this alone?   One of the things I’ve tried to do quite unsuccessfully in the…

NewSpring…THANK YOU!!!

One of the things I love about leading this church is that when I ask you guys to step up…YOU DO! This past Sunday I asked the…

Eight Questions I Believe Pastors Should Wrestle With—Part Two

Number three kind of goes hand in hand with the second question in yesterday’s post… #3 - Are you willing to make…

Eight Questions I Believe Pastors Should Wrestle With—Part One

The further along I get into this pastor gig…the less answers I have & the more questions that I ask.  Recently I made a list of…

NewSpring…PLEASE…I Need You To Pray

From time to time I read something on the internet that STOPS me in my tracks and completely overwhelms me. It happened this morning. One…

Dealing With My Seven Fears - Part Three

Final post in the series… #5 - Staff Betrayal Pastors, please hear me on this…sooner or later IT is going to happen.  Someone…

If You Are A NewSpringer…PLEASE READ THIS!

I just typed up a long blog post…and then deleted it.  I want to get to the bottom line. We’re running out of room on both our…

Dealing With My Seven Fears - Part Two

Continuing the series… #3 - Teaching On Money When we first began our church I was told to NEVER teach on money by lots of people…

Dealing With My Seven Fears - Part One

On Monday I listed the seven things that I have allowed to control me at times since becoming a pastor in 2000…for the rest of the…

Seven Fears I Have Allowed To Control Me

What scares you as a pastor/church leader.  And PLEASE do not lie and say, “nothing” because that simply isn’t…