On Christmas Eve, we encouraged our members to go out with their families or small groups and bless the lives of someone who was working that evening. We had members take pizzas to hospitals, and one member took 18 coffee mugs with candy to her workers.



Our family put together a care basket filled with a lot of food and snacks and took it to a nursing home that…

Hello and merry Christmas to everyone! I wanted to share with you some of the interesting missional outreach trends and developments from the view of the Missional Outreach Network for 2010.

1. The Missional Outreach Network topped 700 members. Wow! Thank you so much for your passion and dedication to missional outreach, and for…

Christmas is my favorite holiday by far. I love the music!! I love spending time with family and friends and having a break from the routine. I love people thinking about Christ. I love how people are motivated to reach out at this time of year.

But how much would I love Christmas if my wife or child had died during December? If I were alone without family or…

Why is every one today talking about community? Because it is so rare in American culture.

America has been built around the concept of the rugged, self-sufficient, pull yourselves up by your bootstraps, individual. Immigrants came over to the US, leaving family behind--and they didn't even have a pony! (That is for the Sienfeld fans) Americans threw off oppressive governments and oppressive church leaders (kings and bishops). The Bill of Rights was added to…

Today I walked into the Starbucks that I frequent most at 380 and 75 in McKinney, TX. There the Batista, Rowdy (see above picture), asked me how my weekend was.

In keeping with my sermon on being a witness from John 1, I talked about what I spoke on on Sunday. I also told Rowdy…