For years now I’ve pictured my heart as a bucket. As I go through life and interact with people and certain circumstances I seem to pour a little of my heart out. Over time I notice that my bucket, or my heart, seems to get a little empty. I become…. short with people judgmental hurried [...]

My 8 year-old son, Jett showed me this video the other day.  Not sure how he found it, but every time I walk by the computer he and Gage are watching it again. Jett said, “Dad, you’ve got to watch this video. You’re not going to believe it, but it has more hits than my [...]

I’ve been thinking a lot about heaven lately. I don’t know why. No big life changes, it’s just been on my mind. To be honest most of my life I’ve loved the idea of heaven, but I’m not sure I’ve ever been ready to go. As the amazing theologian Kenny Chesney says, “Everyone wants to [...]

I’m out in Vegas for a few days with Brandi (and Jenni and Merlyn) to spend some time with the folks from Central Christian Church. I’ve been following them for sometime and can’t wait to spend the weekend learning from them. God is using Jud and the entire team at Central to do amazing things [...]

So, yesterday I received one of those nasty (at least in my opinion) comments on the blog. Criticism is nothing new in my life. I’ve been in ministry since I was 18 years old and it’s kind of always been around. Over the years people have publicly applauded how I’ve handled it, but to be [...]

So we’ll be in airports most of the day making the trek back to Nashville. I had an absolute blast the last few days as Matt and I fly fished the beautiful waters of the Big Horn River in Fort Smith, Montana. I think it was George Washington Carver who once said, “I love to [...]

I’m in Montana for a few days fly fishing the Bighorn River. I can’t imagine a more incredible place to fish, relax and dream about the future. The only thing I regret is I won’t be in town to here THIS GUY at Cross Point Nashville on Sunday. If you’re in or around Nashville you [...]

I read an article yesterday which said the movie  “Bruno” decreased its sales on opening weekend by 40% from Friday night to Saturday night due in fact largely by the spread of bad reviews through twitter and other social media outlets. Universal had high hopes for Brüno‘s opening weekend. Buoyed by the film’s robust $1.6 [...]

Some of my favorite memories from my childhood are family camping trips. Campfires, jiffy pop, riding bikes and some ferociously competitive games of Yahtzee and Uno. This past weekend we had the opportunity to go camping with our friends, the Bergstroms. We had an absolute blast. I would have to say the highlight of our [...]

I had a hard time choking back the tears yesterday as I watched the Cross Point Nashville campus in action. Over 450 volunteers came out to be a part of “Serving Saturday.” Special thanks to Ryan Bult, Director of Missions, and his whole team for putting together an incredible day. They cleaned up, landscaped and [...]