I think most of us begin our Christian journey with this simple truth. I’m broken. I need Jesus. The end. However as we launch out on this new journey it doesn’t take long before we begin to hear this growing and incessant whisper that says, “Try harder, do more.” Sing more. Memorize more. Journal more. [...]

You’ve probably seen this latest viral hit, but it’s too good not to share. As I watched this I couldn’t help but think how much I hope Brandi and I are like this couple one day. This is Bruce (86) and Esther (79) Huffman of Oregon on their brand new web cam. I love the [...]

These days, like many of you, I get a lot of requests from people (many of them friends). Sometimes they just want a quick re-tweet (my wife literally just asked me to re-tweet THIS and since I’m sleeping with her and not you she wins), sometimes it’s a blog post, or a book endorsement, or [...]

I was doing an interview yesterday with leadership consultant Margaret Reynolds. She was asking me various questions about leadership and church and ended the interview by asking if I had anything else I wanted to say to leaders. I love open ended questions like that but was a bit caught off guard. My first response [...]

Thanks for your participation, we have our winners!! A few weeks ago, while I was out in California I had the honor of meeting an amazing guy named Johnnie Moore and I’m super excited to introduce you to him today. He’s a speaker, professor, author, and the vice president of one of the biggest universities [...]

I don’t think any of us will ever forget where we were on 9/11. I’ll never forget sitting in the conference room at Bellevue Community Church watching the events unfold with friends like Justin Davis. I remember being horrified, saddened and absolutely scared to death. I’ll never forget going home and holding my then 6 [...]

Probably the most asked question I get in interviews and by pastors I’m mentoring is, “If you could go back and change anything in your ministry, what would you change?” Usually I’m thinking, You don’t have enough time for me to actually answer that question. I’d change tons of things. However, at the very top [...]

I know I’ve introduced you guys to a lot of new books but I’ve just stumbled on a lot of good ones lately. Today I want to tell you about a good friend of mine and his book that just released. Ken Moody has been a friend of mine and Cross Point since we started. [...]

Isn’t it funny how we give people nicknames? In elementary school is was ‘PJ’, in high school I was ‘Wilson’ and then in college I became ’31 Flavors’ (it’s a long story). These days some people call me “PP” for Pastor Pete ( Trust me, I’ve been called worse). I love nicknames. If you’re a [...]

Last night I was with my friend, Jon Acuff.  The guy truly amazes me. I don’t know anyone who can be as consistently funny online and make fun of so many people (including me) without being a jerk. It’s a true gift. He recently wrote an article for Relevant Magazine which he’s uniquely qualified to [...]