As I spoke to the students and potential church planters at Liberty University I was reminded of a tough lesson that I had learned from my own church planting journey.
Never Lose the Joy of One!
When we started Lifepoint we started it with the idea that if we only reached one person that it would be [...]

In light of our current series called “Change,” I thought I would share this blog entry by the brilliant Seth Godin.  I know I just reposted something of his yesterday but I couldn’t help myself.  Here goes…
Here are my picks for the two most important trends of the decade we’re just starting:

Change: The infrastructure of [...]

The following is a blog entry from Seth Godin…I agree.
Find a calling and then deliver.
“If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will [...]

Last night we had a powerful time of prayer and worship as multiple churches came together to pray for Haiti.  I want to personally thank Pastor Bryan McGee and Pastor Ron McGee from Rock Church, Pastor Joe Carr from River of Leland, and Pastor Daryl Strickland for leading us in a special time of prayer.
The [...]

Several years ago on a trip back from the Dirty South I had the privilege of dropping in on NewSpring Church and spending time with Pastor Perry Noble.  Over the past 4 years God has used NewSpring to grow and shape me as a leader and us as a church.
One of the things that has [...]

One of the things that stood out to me during my marathon training was how easy it became for me to say “no” to so many things.  For those of you who don’t know me, I have always had a tough time saying “no.”  However, during my marathon training I found that if an activity [...]