Dave Milam - To Those Who Stole Our Stuff

I just finished speaking to Dave Milam, planting pastor of Kinetic Church in Charlotte, NC. I first came across Kinetic Church’s website a couple of years ago as I was investigating various church websites. It was really intriguing and different and caught my attention. Over the last couple of years, I drop [...]

Blogging Tournament - Round 2

It’s that time again. Last week’s opening round pitted 16 church-planting bloggers against each other blogging about whether the presidential election still matters. Thanks to YOU, I’ve made it to Round 2. This week, the remaining 8 are blogging about the best ideas for marketing and/or outreach for $500 or less. [...]

LOST on the Way to Sunday

I can’t wait for Sunday at The Grove.  Here are a few reasons:

We had a great crowd for Easter, and will have many of our travelers back home this week.  Add in those who are recovering from illness, we may have our largest Sunday of the year this Sunday.  That would be great. 

The music rocks….and [...]

C o nn e ctio n Pro bl ems

One of my discoveries within the blog world is how much useful ministerial information there is available, and how willing other ministers are to help you.  I recently made the acquaintance of a guy by the name of Bill Reichart, who is the “Connections” Pastor at a church in North Atlanta.  That means his job [...]

Sunday Night Lights

I absolutely L.O.V.E. Easter….and all that it stands for.  Easter is the reason we even exist as a church and as a ministry.  Without Easter, it would all be pointless.  But Jesus Christ overcame sin, death, and the grave and we can stand in his victory as more than conquerors. 

Our service today touched on the [...]

Sunday Night Lights

A busy day comes to an end and it’s time to reflect back on what transpired.  Let’s start at The Grove. 
We continued our series on LOST this morning.  It’s built around the TV show by the same name.  This week we walked into elements of the crash scattered all around the building.  We had suitcases, [...]

Manhood - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (Part 2)

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Real men don’t cry! Real men are in touch with their feelings! Real men are tough! Real men are tender! [...]

Manhood - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (Part 1)

ATTENTION - This blog has a new home address. All the material below is on the new site plus other material of interest as well. Come on over for a visit. CLICK HERE!
Manhood is in pretty rough shape these days. We live in a cultural vacuum of trying to define manhood and manliness. [...]

Sunday Night Lights

We began our new message series today at The Grove that is built around themes found in the TV show “LOST”.  Our tech team (you ‘da man Todd….you ‘da man too Jim) did an amazing job this morning pulling together a large number of elements into a pretty seamless whole.  We had additional dramatic contributions of [...]

The Answer to Your Prayer Just Might Be….YOU!

How many times have we all prayed that God would do…(fill in the blank)?  I know I have uttered such prayers on numerous occasions.  Well, I had an interesting observation on that prayer this afternoon. 
I stopped by our church building at The Grove to take care of a few tasks in preparation for tomorrow’s service (which [...]