Our teams spent another day (day 4)  out amongst the flooded homes of Nashville ripping up carpet, cutting out drywall and helping clean up. We ran into a contractor who was actually charging $8,000 to do what one of our teams is doing for FREE in about two hours. In another crazy set of circumstances [...]

I had the opportunity to talk with Eric Berg of August Enterprises about the incredible spirit of volunteerism that is making THE difference in the relief effort in Nashville. The entire August Enterprises staff took a day from the office to come work with us in homes and communities in middle Tennessee. If you are [...]

They’re now calling this the 1,000 year flood. What does that mean to me? It means we have a once in a thousand year opportunity to be hope to a hurting city. Thanks to all of you who have been giving your time, money, and energy to this cause. You’re making a difference. Here’s a [...]

I always learn such incredible spiritual lessons from my kids. My 6 year-old, Gage, spent the afternoon yesterday with his Nonni planting tomato plants. I heard he prayed for each plant after putting it in the ground. So I asked him, “Gage, why did you pray for the tomato plants?” He said, “Well, Dad, that’s [...]

Never in a million years did I think my new book Plan B would release nationally on the day we were in the middle of one of the biggest “Plan B’s” the city of Nashville has ever seen. Doesn’t seem appropriate to really celebrate today but didn’t want the day to go by without thanking all [...]

I’ve never been more proud of Cross Point then I was today. I couldn’t believe the number of volunteers who showed up throughout the day at our Cross Point Bellevue Campus (which is now our flood headquarters) to help serve our community. The flooding is widespread and worse than I could have ever imagined. Their [...]

If you’ve been watching the news you probably have a pretty good idea of the devastating floods we’ve experienced here in Nashville over the weekend. I’ve been here my whole life and I’ve never seen anything like this!! There are entire subdivisions submerged underwater. Check out this video CNN showed that illustrates the power of [...]

**CONGRATS TO RACHEL, VANESSA, AND JESSICA FOR WINNING A COPY OF “I WILL CARRY YOU”.** I don’t typically blog a lot on the weekends but I couldn’t let today go by without pointing out and celebrating a very important event. Today my good friend, Angie Smith’s book  I Will Carry You releases around the country. [...]