No Six Packs at Fry’s

I’ll let this photo I took at Fry’s today speak for itself.

{disclaimer: I’m a HUGE Fry’s fan, but you would think they would have more creative ‘signage writers’ on staff – #fail.}

So you think you can beat box?

Friends, meet Julia Dales. A 17 year old girl from Canada who is trying to win the World Beatbox Championship on May 28th {aka – beat box battle}.

YOUR MUST SEE THIS VIDEO – One word – LEGIT.
Julia, I wish you well!

Kris Allen gives glory to God – I like that.

I just ran across this crazy cool video of Kris Allen, this year’s winner of American Idol, Singing “God of this City” at the church where he was a worship leader – New Life Church!
Super cool in my book.
We need to pray for Kris, that he would use this new platform he has to bring glory to God, protection for his marriage, and not to get “caught up” in the whirlwind that is about to surround his life.
Also we should give give thinks to our great God for what He is doing, and has done in Kris’s life!
{p.s. – if you can’t tell – I’m super glad Kris won! – you can follow Kris on his twitter page!}

double popped – @tonysteward

I like Tony Steward. A lot. He is one of those rare people that you meet, and from the start you just know that he’s the real deal. And by “real deal” I mean he genuinely loves God and loves people. I like that about him. A lot. He is a thinker. A doer. A good husband. A good dad. A good minister. A good friend. I can’t say enough great things about him – I”m thankful we are friends in “real life,” as well as online. And If we were playing WOW – he would for sure be in my guild! (and if you know what that means your a geek!)

Tony is the online community pastor at LifeChurch, and has LOTS to say about the topic of online ministry. (You will quickly see that he is very passionate about it.) I want to apologize up front for several things about the video you are about to see – 1. The quality – I have no idea what happened, (we were both on good connections) but the quality of this one just isn’t good, so I’m asking you to bare with it.(also, the first few minutes are really broken up – but it gets better, so keep watching. 2. The length – It’s long! I thought about editing it down, but I thought the content was all good, so I just put the entire interview up. (maybe you won’t, but again bare with it!) So sit back, relax, and enjoy a few minutes with Tony Steward!

{p.s. – you can connect with Tony on his blog, or twitter page. Also you can catch “church online” at LifeChurch.tv. – they have church online every night of the week – check out a service sometime, we’d both enjoy hearing your thoughts on it.}
What are your thoughts on online ministry? Online Church? Online community? Or anything else we talked about in this video – leave a comment below – we’d enjoy hearing your thoughts on this great topic!

Well done Mr. Piper

I’m a big fan of everything that God creates – especially people! (then again I am a bit byist since I am one!) That’s why I can’t even believe that in our country we debate things like this. I mean really, the killing of a person, we really debate if that is right or wrong? Seems like Romans 1 to me, but I digress.
I came across this link a few days ago on desiring God – and I thought it was really good. I’ll be honest, I’m not one of those John Piper weird – o’s (you know the ones – the ones that almost worship him, the ones who treat all of his books like Scripture, the ones who quote John Piper more then they quote Scripture – we all know people like that – that’s not me!) But I think think this content of this video was legit. Well done Mr. Piper.

I definitely married up

I am so thankful for my awesome wife. There are so many adjectives that I could use to describe her, and how God really hooked me up with this whole marrying a super, crazy, awesome women thing, but I don’t have the space to type them all out! Even though we will be married two years, this year – I wanted to share some images from our wedding day with you!
It was a such a great day, and if you know me in real life, ask me to tell you about how I had to leave a preaching engagement right before I was supposed to walk on stage to speak, because I got a call a few days before our wedding to meet my wife, and in-laws at the hospital because she had a SUPER BAD, LIKE HAVING A BABY SORT OF PAIN, kidney stone. (and how we almost didn’t go on our honeymoon!) Ahhhh…God has an awesome sense of humor!

{By the way – our images wedding images where taken by Studio563 – Check ‘em out!}

double popped – @feeband

I had the chance to hang out with The Fee Band backstage at Catylist One Day on Monday, and I must say they are super cool guys!
If you don’t know them, you need to get to know them – now!
I had a chance to DoublePop a few of the guys in the band – so check it out! – Enjoy!

{You can connect with Fee on their site, twitter, MySpace, or iTunes.}

Catalyst One Day

I just got home from Catalyst One Day, and I am beat!  I did get to meet lots of awesome people that I have only known online – so that was cool! (Plus Andy Stanley gave me a toy gun, and toy badge – so I would say it was a win for the day! ) As usual I took lots of visuals – here are a few for you to enjoy! (Bonus points if you can id some of the people in these photos!)

Does your church have Momentum ?

{MOMENTUM} – Forward motion fueled by a series of wins.

I’m at Catalyst One Day today, and Andy Stanley just knocked it out of the park with his first session. He talked about momentum. I like momentum. allot.

He had much to say about this topic, but one thing he talked about is how the consumer product companies really have this figured out. Look at the picture above – “new and improved toothpaste” – really? New? Improved? How? How do you “improve” toothpaste? I mean really? (He also showed some toilet paper that was “new and improved” – I mean really….)

The fact is, these companies know that when you give people something that is “new” and “improved” that creates momentum. People REALLY do like “new” things. (Next time you are at the store try to count how many products say “new” or “improved” on the box. Starting to get the picture?)

What is your church doing that is new? How is your ministry creating (and sustaining) momentum? Let’s hear it!

double popped – @bradlomenick

Hello all my double popped friends – it’s been a while. Life has been very busy the last few months. The wait is over, and kicking off a fresh, summer batch of double pops, is my super awesome friend – Brad Lomenick. Now you may not know Brad, but I’m sure you know the conference that he runs – Catalyst Conference. The conference is awesome, and one you need to check out!

This double poped is a bit long, but Brad is a super cool guy, and has lots to say! So grab a snack, kick your feet back, and enjoy the video!

By the way, you can connect with Brad via his blog, or twitter page. And if you are in Dallas, you should come out to Catalyst One Day – I’ll be there, and would enjoy connecting with you!