I’m Sorry Your Life/Church Is So “Normal!”

I honestly don’t pay a ton of attention to my @ replies on twitter…but for the past several weeks I’ve seen a…

A Spider In My Pants

If you have ever heard me teach or have read anything I write you know that I am absolutely terrified of spiders.  With that in…

The Kind Of Leaders I Want/Need Around Me

Proverbs 16:13 Kings take pleasure in honest lips; they value a man who speaks the truth. Leaders MUST value people that are honest and…

A Personal Note For Pastors

Dear Pastor, If you need help…ASK for it! I know many times you feel alone.  AND…I also know that you feel the pressure to…

Why Would You Not Do It?

One of my life verses that is always in front of me is Hebrews 11:6… “And without faith it is impossible to please God,…

How Do You Stay So Passionate?

One of the questions often asked of me is, “how in the world do you stay so passionate?  It seems like you believe every Sunday is…

10 Warning Signs That You Might Not Be Healthy

Pastor/church leader…you have GOT to get healthy…emotionally, physically and spiritually.  I will say that the overwhelming…

Seven Things I Cannot Expect!

#1 - I cannot expect to win arguments with those who don’t want to settle the argument, they just want to fight for the sake of…

10 Ways To Fail

Clayton King, one of my best friends and our teaching pastor here at NewSpring Church  posted this on his blog the other…

I Never Changed My Sheets!!!

Ezekiel 33:30-33 I moved in to Anderson College (now Anderson University) in August of 1990.  I remember putting a set of brown sheets on…

Some Of The Scariest Verses In The Bible…

In my opinion some of the scariest verses in the Bible are… Hebrews 3:7 Hebrews 3:15 Hebrews 4:7 We are commanded by God in the…

21 Questions Leaders MUST Wrestle With!

God BLEW my mind while reading the book of James the other morning…and I’ve listed some leadership questions that EVERY…