There are few things I enjoy as much as camping. I’m blessed to have a family that loves the outdoors as much as I do. We take several camping trips a year and our first one of the summer is generally on Memorial Day weekend. This year we went with some friends to Fall Creek [...]

If you’ve been a long time reader of the blog then you know my kids have shown off their mad skillz on occasion. A couple of my favorites were when Jett performed a Taylor Swift song and Gage performed the first song he wrote or when he taught us the Bow Chica Wow Wow dance. [...]

Someone asked me the other day, “Pete, what’s the most important leadership lesson you’re learning these days?” Lately it seems like my learning curve when it comes to leading is pretty steep. I have to laugh sometimes because I’m confident I make more mistakes in an average week than most people do in a year. [...]

This past Sunday we launched a new series entitled “People of the Second Chance.”   We showed a video on Sunday about the power of secrets, which is a subject I’ve written about before. I was so proud of Elisa and her willingness to step up and share her story. I don’t know too many [...]

I don’t normally write blog posts that update you on Sunday’s activities, but I had to take a moment to stop and celebrate with my online friends. God has been doing an amazing work at Cross Point for years, but the past 3 weeks have been simply amazing. Thousands of volunteers out serving and loving [...]

He’s sold around 37 million books. I’ve probably sold about 3,700 books. However, he took the time to play a round of golf with me and that might just speak to me more than all of his books combined. I read my first Max Lucado book while I was in college. It was He Still [...]

Whiplash is a word I’ve used more than once when describing the emotions I often go through as a pastor. Yesterday was a difficult day.  I apologize in advance for the length of this post, but I need to write this now more than you need to read it, so please bear with me. Let [...]

Still amazed at all the volunteers that continue to show up to help us with flood relief. It’s amazing the work you guys are doing. We now have 400 homes that we’ve been able to gut and prepare for the next step of construction. Unbelievable. Just to give you an idea, we’ve now saved Nashville [...]

I’m so excited about this Sunday I can hardly stand it. We’ve got two huge things happening. First, our Cross Point Bellevue campus is opening! I can’t say enough good things about Justin Davis, our campus pastor, and the hundreds of volunteers who have jumped on board to help us get this thing launched. I’m [...]

Leading in any environment can be a difficult, exhausting, and lonely task. Whether you’re a pastor, a mother, a teacher, a small business owner or a CEO of a large company you know exactly what I’m talking about. I bet there are some of you who doubt whether or not you’re making a difference. I [...]