The statistics aren’t pretty. People are leaving the church in record numbers these days. Many of them citing they don’t need the “church” to grow more like Jesus.  While I’ve certainly met believers that seemed to be cultivating a growing relationship with Christ apart from the church, scripture also indicates there is a special role [...]

Just last week we were sitting at the table when I asked my 8 year-old to do something for me. I won’t bore you with the details but the way he responded did not make me happy. Brandi (my loving, but far too often truthful wife) quickly chimed in “He sounds just like you.” My [...]

Sometimes I’m blown away by what God is doing here at Cross Point. I just wanted to take a second to update you on a few things that really stood out to me. -I absolutely love the series we are in entitled Shattered Dreams. The emails and stories we are receiving of transformation are incredible! [...]

Have you ever had a friend take on a project and you secretly hoped they were going to do really well, but you weren’t sure? That’s how I felt when I found out my friend Carlos was recording his first album. I have no idea why I had any doubts. I mean everything the guy [...]

I’ve probably read Matthew 22:37-38 no less than a thousand times. To say this  passage, often referred to as the Great Commandment, is one of the most well known Biblical passages is almost an understatement. Matthew 22: 37Jesus replied:  ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all [...]

What a day! Never in my wildest imagination did I think I could run a half marathon. Until late January, I had never run over 3 miles in my life and that was almost 20 years ago. While, at the time, I cursed his name during my training I’m very thankful  Michael Hyatt emailed me [...]

Right now we’re in the middle of  a series at Cross Point entitled “Shattered Dreams.” It’s a series based on a lot of the things I wrote about in Plan B. It’s been so incredible to see what God’s been doing at CP the past few weeks. God’s using this as a transformational time and [...]

As most of you know, I’m fond of saying… “Everyone needs healing. Everyone.” I’m constantly trying to grow in my interactions with people. I want to make sure I put myself in a position to be used by God to bring about healing in the people He allows me to come in contact with. This [...]

Most people have a hard time with their youngest child growing up, but not me. I have the hardest time with Gage, our middle (but not average) son, getting older. I don’t know what it is. Maybe it’s that he’s still more dependent on his parents than his other two brothers. Maybe it has to [...]

The term “breaking up is hard to do” has never been more true than when you’re leaving a church. As you can imagine this can be a sensitive topic for those of us who are pastors. I mean, I get it. Sometimes you should leave. Sometimes you need to leave. Sometimes we want you to [...]