If you could swap jobs for a day with anyone who would you swap with? Me? Easy…Matt Lauer. He’s a cool dude, seems to enjoy his job, and he get’s to meet a ton interesting people.

It’s hard for me to believe, but I started my first church over 13 years ago. God has allowed me to have an incredible ride over the years! If you know me at all the one thing I’ve always struggled with over the years is the pace of ministry. There have been seasons that I [...]

Last Friday I scratched another thing off my “bucket list” when I went surfing with the boys. While I had a blast surfing I had more fun teaching the boys to surf. In reality I really don’t know how to surf, but I discovered throughout the day it’s all about timing. If we got too [...]

I had the incredible opportunity of speaking to the Lampo Group yesterday. I was absolutely blown away by the graciousness of Dave Ramsey and his entire staff. As part of my preparation I did a little research on their organization and was extremely impressed. -Over 750,000 families have now went through Financial Peace University. -3.5 [...]

Last night Brandi and I drove up to Bowling Green, KY to meet out good friends Kevin and Amy Colon. Kevin was my college roommate and is now pastoring a great church he started several years ago called Cool River Church in Superior, Colorado. It was fun to walk around the WKU campus where we [...]

So here is your last chance to get your questions in for the final week of the Q series. On this final week I’m going to try to answer as many of your questions as possible. The programming team will be collecting the questions, but I won’t see them until they flash on the screen [...]

I know you guys get tired of hearing me say this, but I absolutely love the fact that God allows me to be a part of this crazy community we call Cross Point. Yesterday amidst 6 services we also pulled off two church picnics. Our staff is amazing! I talk with other pastors from time [...]

Today, sadly, is our last day of vacation. I’ve got to get home as this Sunday we start to wrap up our “Q” series. This week we’re tacking the single most asked question people submitted. If you’re in Nashville or Dickson you won’t want to miss the last two weeks of this series! We’ve had [...]

Our brothers and sisters are there with us from the dawn of our personal stories to the inevitable dusk. ~Susan Scarf Merrell One of the highlights of this vacation so far has been watching my boys. They’re transitioning from siblings to friends before my very eyes. I love watching them laugh at each other. I [...]

So yesterday right after church the whole family jumped in the car and headed for Watercolor, Florida. This has become a cherished tradition for us as every summer we spend a week at the beach. It’s fun to watch your kids grow to an age where they actually start to anticipate summer vacations. Last night [...]