Happy Wednesday

Twice in one week? Between Facebook, Twitter and this blog - I'm thinking about making some cuts.

Social media is great, but it can command your life. I refuse to work for technology.

Father's Day

Yesterday was happy father's day. Today is happy re-blogging day. I have thoughts and a perspective or even an opinion about why I haven't blogged too much. But I won't do that to you - because that would steal a post idea.

So to sum up my father's day request - I asked my wife if I could take a nap. She thought I was joking. But that's all I wanted.

1 hour later, I awoke to Gino banging on the screen outside the window above my couch. He was calling my name, banging and pointing to me.

Best nap of my life. Because I woke up to Gino calling my name. Kind of special on Father's day.

Don't expect a post tomorrow!

Off to the ATL

Off to Atlanta with some of our team here at NewPointe - checkin out the Orange Conference.

Is it me or is Atlanta now the annual pilgrimage destination for mega churches? funny

hello

Hello blog. I am your owner and primary content contributor, sometimes called author.

I haven't written to you in a while. Sorry. But my life has had some other priorities. weird huh? but stand by, I'll be back. I don't know when.

I broke a promise

I broke a promise tonight. i vowed not to update my facebook status. but go tarheels!

The Hard Way

You don't always have to learn the hard way in life. I am learning that over and over again as I take a quick look at my current life verses my life 3, 6, and even 12 months ago.

I had a great talk with a friend today, a really good friend, and we came to this conclusion. You don't always have to learn from experience. Because based on experience, Experience is a butt kicker of a teacher.

Too often pride stops us from asking for help, admitting we don't know it all, or finding someone who is doing it better than us and becoming the student again.

I had another conversation with another good friend in an earnest effort to seek help. And I think I prevented myself from The Hard Way.

So ask questions, don't stop being a student, admit mistakes - learn. Experience is a great teacher, but not the only teacher out there.

Utility or Experience

Here's a few things we are working through right now as a staff at a growing church - we trying to figure out how to add a service, maintain spiritual significance, hire for a few key positions, . . . . .

And one simple temptation is this - meet minimal expectations. That's what I call utility. There is nothing wrong with utility. I eat for utility. I don't really love food and crave food. I get hungry, I eat. I don't savor tastes and think about food all day. That is utility. And I am a poor cook.

See, utility is ok, it's acceptable, it will get you by. But nobody talks about utility. Nobody seeks out utility. Nobody asks for more of utility.

But an experience is much different. Everyone craves an experience. Everyone asks about an experience, blogs or twitters about an experience.

I try to teach my class, communicate in HSM or Aqua by creating an experience.

So that is our issue we often face. There is only so much time, and you have to prioritize and rearrange your work week every single day of life. And you/we face a choice. Utility or Experience.

An Experience is much more challenging, intensive and time consuming. But so much more worth it.

I'm not saying we get this right all the time, but I think we know the right answer - church must always be an experience.

Jesus was an experience.

I guess you get my verbal diahrea when I don't blog for a bit.

I think I misspelled diahhrea. Pretty sure I did it again.

Diarrhea.

That was an experience