Last weekend we had the opportunity to get away for a couple days and go camping with some friends in the Smoky Mountains. Some of our richest family memories are from camping. While we only get to go a handful of times a year we enjoy every second of it. I’ve discovered that you can [...]

There’s a simple prayer I’ve been reciting a lot lately. It’s a prayer that reportedly David Brainerd (1718-1747) often prayed. Brainerd was an American missionary to the Native Americans. Even though he died at the early age of 29 God used his life in amazing ways. His prayer appropriately was… God let me make a [...]

Gage had his first school dance the other day. It was actually a 50′s theme day at Kindergarten which featured a “sock hop.” I’m not exactly sure but I think that’s the same thing as a dance. Kind of reminds me of a time in high school when a local church hosted a “foot fellowship.” [...]

This was the video introduction to our new series entitled “This Is Our God.” I loved going back to the neighborhood I grew up in to shoot this video with Matt. I’ve got lots of great memories from Central Avenue. I don’t think anyone would argue that our relationships are formed by our perceptions of [...]

I read a great article the other day by Skye Jethani entitled “The Ambition Engine.” While the article is geared toward those of us in pastoral ministry the implications certainly could apply to all of us.  Jethani wrote, Sometimes our ambition engine needs a tune-up; a realignment toward Christ and away from self-centered desires. Discerning [...]

This summer I did an interview with Croswalk.com while I was in St. Louis. They took the interview and put it to a cool little video. I thought this was a nice way to spruce up a little audio interview. Hope you find it encouraging today. The Plans of Our Lives: Pete Wilson on Control, [...]

Calling all church planters. Join me for a Backstage Leadership discussion on ChurchPlanting coming up on November 30th. Come enhance your leadership. Spend 90 minutes learning with Mark Batterson and yours truly. Bring your best questions, and we’ll spend our time in Question & Answer dialogue going deep on the inner workings of church planting. [...]

Got the opportunity to spend the evening with some friends of ours who own a farm just outside of Nashville. Few things make me more happy than getting out of the city and spending some time in nature. We rode 4-wheelers, fished, hiked, and ate dinner on the river around a campfire. However, my favorite [...]

Ever wonder what money would say if it could talk? Well, I think money whispers all kinds of lies to us. Lies like… “If you get more of me you’ll finally be satisfied.” “If you make a few more of me you’ll finally have that peace that’s been eluding you all these years.” But one [...]

This Is Our God 60 Second Promo from Cross Point Church on Vimeo. I’m really excited about a new series we’re launching this weekend at Cross Point entitled “This Is Our God.” We’re basing this series off of one of my favorite Tozer quotes where he says… “What comes into our minds when we think [...]