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The Big D

May 1, 2012 in Church Leadership, Leadership with 49 Comments

I’m starting to feel like Dallas is a second home. I’m headed back there today to do some TV interviews for Empty Promises after just being there at Prestonwood the week before last.

I’ll also be going back next week to speak at Catalyst Dallas, May 9-11. I love Catalyst. What is Catalyst? Well, I’m glad you asked. :)

Catalyst is a powerful gathering of young leaders, a movement of influencers and world changers who love Jesus, see things differently, and feel a burden for our generation. We seek to learn, worship, and create together with a momentous energy passionately pursuing God. We are Catalysts… Kingdom ambassadors, change agents, influencers, and cultural architects seeking to change our churches, communities, and cultures for God.

Sounds cool doesn’t it?

Here’s the best part. I actually have 5 FREE TICKETS TO NEXT WEEKS CATALYST. Just leave your name and the name of your church and I’ll pick two people to win 2 tickets each and one person will win 1. Make sure you let me know if you want 1 or 2 tickets when you leave your name.

Here’s an awesome preview video which will give you even a better picture of the blast we’re going to have. Hope to see you there next week.

Catalyst Dallas 2012:: Preview Video from Catalyst on Vimeo.

Being Fully Present

August 25, 2011 in Spiritual Growth with 11 Comments

I was reminded the other day of something I had read in The Shattered Lantern by Ronald Rolheiser. He said…

The original sin of Adam and Eve, the prototype of all sin, is presented as a failure to be receptive and grateful.

Just think about it for a second. God creates Adam and Eve and places them in the garden where they are surrounded by unmistakable beauty and all the goodness of life. They are experiencing the fullness of life, the way it was intended to be and are promised it will continue…under one condition. Just don’t eat the fruit of a certain tree.

However, we all know they would eventually fail to receive life as a gift and instead try to seize it as if it were owed to them.

When I think of my own life and the sin that often creeps in, it usually begins with my failure to see life as a gift.

My lust.
My pride.
My anger.
My lack of forgiveness.

It’s all the overflow of a heart which begins to believe that something is “owed” to me and it keeps me from being fully present and appreciative of what I have.

I’m wondering how different today would be for each one of us if we seek to go through this day to day viewing our life, our circumstances, our relationships, and yes, even our hardships and challenges as gifts. As opportunities to be the men or women God has created us to be.

Today I seek to be receptive, grateful and simply present.

Visit CatalystConference.com

As you know I’m a huge fan of the Catalyst Conference and all God is using them to accomplish. This year’s Catalyst Atlanta conference, Oct 5-7,  has an amazing theme of “Be Present.” I can’t wait to see how these two amazing days help us learn to “be present” in our lives and ministry. Today, August 25th, is the early bird deadline for Catalyst conference so if you haven’t already, jump over there and register today.

Crazy Busy

October 7, 2010 in Cross Point Church with 10 Comments

Hey Guys! Sorry I’ve been kind of absent around here the past few days. I’m down in Atlanta speaking and doing various things with the Catalyst Conference. Having a blast but we’re working like crazy. I’ll catch you up on everything over the next few days.

For now here’s this weeks Empty Promises “Mashup”. Enjoy!

Empty Promises_Week4Mashup from Cross Point Church on Vimeo.

Seth Godin, Stuff Christians Like, and My Gum

October 13, 2008 in Church Leadership, Leadership, Religion, Videos with 13 Comments

Most of you know I was at the Catalyst conference last week. I experienced so many incredible things while there that I can’t even begin to blog about all of them.

One of my favorite experiences was a backstage interview I got to be a part of. It was supposed to be a simple interview which included myself and John Acuff (Stuff Christian Like) when all of the sudden, seconds before we go LIVE, Seth Godin walks up and decides to participate.

CLICK HERE to see what happened next (and yes, I was caught on a live feed sticking my gum on the wall before the interview).

If you haven’t already done so, do yourself a favor and check out both of these guys’ blogs. Their blogs couldn’t be more different, but both of them are reaching thousands very effectively. There are now 80 million blogs that exist and Seth has the #1 business blog in the world!

Check out Seth’s blog RIGHT HERE. You’ll be challenged.

Check out John’s blog RIGHT HERE. You’ll laugh your head off.

If I had time to check out one new blog today, what blog do you think I should check out?

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It’s Not A Conference, It’s an Experience

October 7, 2008 in Church Planting, Cross Point Church, Friends, Leadership with 14 Comments

I wouldn’t really call myself a a conference kind of guy. While I love to learn, I usually have a hard time sitting in a location being bombarded with information for a couple of days. It might have to do with my ADD, but it’s just not the best environment for me.

However Catalyst is a different story.

I love this conference because I think it’s the non conference-conference. It’s an experience.

I love the worship, the speakers, and the opportunity to network with 12,000 of my closest friends.

Several of you have contacted me about getting together at Catalyst. As you can imagine it’s tough to do at a conference this big, so here are two great ways to meet up. On Thursday night I’ll be at the Atlanta Bloggers Meetup and then right after that I’ll be at the Deadly Viper shin-dig, from 8-9:30 pm. You can CLICK HERE for more details. Looking forward to hanging out!

I’ll also be blogging from the conference, but for the best coverage you’ve got to check out the CATALYST BACKSTAGE BLOG hosted by none other than my colleague Anne Jackson. She’ll have unprecedented access to all the speakers you’ll want to hear from. So if you can’t go to Catalyst this year, you can experience it via the blog. Check it out…