My favorite…’new shoes’

I enjoyed the video below. It is music and the text on the screen comes from my favorite chapter, Colossians 3. It starts like this: 3:1 Therefore, if you have been raised with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 3:2 Keep thinking about things above, not things on the earth,… Read more →

Off to the Ungroup- Who serves beer at a Bible Study?

Off to the Ungroup- Who serves beer at a Bible Study?

Leanne and I are off to our small group tonight. We are going for another shot in the arm from Chip Ingram. He has a DVD series called “Mirical of Life Change” that we will be watching. It will be fun to watch…not Chip so much as Brook’s response to watching Chip dramatically express himself on the DVD. The content… Read more →

Get Things Done...figureing it all out

Get Things Done…figureing it all out

I am sitting hear eating Wasabi Peas and trying to organize my life yet again.  Here is my picture of what I need to do. What is not pictured is my strategic plan for the year. I might post that some time in the future. I am really working on trying to get more peace and productivity into my life…. Read more →

Naked tree sky

Naked tree sky

This is the sky I saw as Anna and I walked out the door this morning. Frost was everywhere and although it took me five minutes or so to scrape the car windows I enjoyed it very much.  I love to see the intricacy of branches in the winter sky. It reminds me how complicated life can be but also… Read more →

Seven deadly sins American Holiday style

Walking along the buffet table with the extended family loading up my plate I thought, “Wow, this the glutton’s holiday.” So I said to my father-in-law, “I wonder how many American Holidays we can connect to the seven deadly sins. We have Thanksgiving for gluttony.” He shot back with, we have labor day for sloth. My sister-in-law said that self… Read more →

India and Church Planting

India and Church Planting

We had an amazing trip to India. You can see some pictures here and some more here while still more here. About 26 European church leaders when to see what we could learn from our Indian brothers and sisters. I think that we were all humbled by their extreme emphasis on prayer. Those who start churches will often spend eight… Read more →

emotionally intelligent...gospel?

emotionally intelligent…gospel?

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-K8bpoDn-8&w=425&h=344] This is a great video about emotionally intelligent signs…it is a bit slow at first but hang in there and you will find it all worth the wait. Then read on in the blog. So, I was reading Daniel Pink’s blog looking for some more info on his book “A Whole New Mind” which I am enjoying and bumped… Read more →

Great video from Cologne Germany

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_uz65n74OA&hl=en&fs=1] I thought you all needed to see this. Jason and Sue are great folks and the vision they have for starting churches in Cologne, Germany is great. Its also great to see a video missionary update. I cannot wait to hear about the phone video project he talks about at the end of the video. You can always… Read more →

LEAD in the Church for The City Conference

This sounds like a great conference! LEAD in the Church for the City begins by saying, “Doing ministry in the new global cities is not an easy task. Sure, rural and suburban areas present their own unique challenges, but often it’s the city leader who feels alone in the most influential centers of our world. You are called to stay:… Read more →

Why Microsoft needs competition

This is why Microsoft needs competition. A little more competition would drive them to reconsider the amount of work we have to go through in order to fix the automatic formatting. I posted this because both my wife Leanne and our friend Noelle laughed out loud in agreement. Noelle is here waiting out the storm in Texas. They are suppose… Read more →