The past few days I’ve been going out each morning to the garden to see what’s ready to be harvested.  Over the years I’ve blogged about my garden here,  here, and here. I can’t explain why it’s such a stress reliever for me, but I’ve been doing it for the better part of 14 years [...]

If you could switch jobs with anyone for one day who would it be? Me? Easy… Matt Lauer. OK, now it’s your turn.

I was tipped off a couple of weeks ago that a particular religious group was going to be picketing at our Cross Point Nashville campus. I’m not going to link the group or give them any extra attention (which I believe is what they’re really seeking) but this group is known for showing up at [...]

Monday morning I was heading in for a 7:00 a.m. breakfast meeting and for whatever reason I actually left the house early. The breakfast place I was headed to is exactly 15 minutes from my house so I knew I had to leave at 6:45 to make it on time, however, I remember sitting down [...]

I wrote an article for the latest issue of Relevant Magazine entitled Where Is God When Things Fall Apart? Here’s a portion of the article… Eight years ago, I started a new job and on the very first day of that new job, I knew it wasn’t a good fit. I remember putting my head [...]

We’ve spent the last three weeks in a series entitled “People of the Second Chance.” I wanted to say a special thanks to Mike and Jud for their ministry which is the inspiration behind the series. They’ve modeled what radical grace looks like for the entire Kingdom. Yesterday, I spend the majority of my time [...]

Earlier this week I had the honor of speaking at Morgantown Community Church in Morgantown, KY. MCC will always have a special place in my heart as on this very day 14 years ago I had the opportunity to help start and then pastor this wonderful church for five years. That makes me feel a [...]

Yesterday I appeared on Life Today with James Robison (you can go HERE to watch the whole interview) to talk about Plan B. To be honest I wasn’t that familiar with their ministry but was so blown away by the global impact they’re making around the world through their feeding and water ministries. They also [...]

As I was writing my message this week I got to thinking about a question I hadn’t asked myself in a while. The question was, “What exactly is the point of a message (sermon)?” I’m not talking about the point to a specific message, but to messages in general. The most basic explanation I’ve had [...]

It was Martin Luther who insightfully suggested that “religion” is the default mode of the human heart. I’ve unfortunately found this to be quite true. Unless I tell my heart to deliberately do something different, I often drift toward using religion to reach God. Tim Keller wrote a brilliant piece on this in The Prodigal [...]