One Crazy Cool Weekend

So Bil Cornelius kicked off our new series, “Man Up” at Church by the Glades this weekend. I just finished reading his book, “Go Big” a few weeks ago. What a brilliant young Pastor. So the guy is 35 years old, started Bay Area Fellowship Church ten years ago with a hand full of people and now they run over 6,000. Killer huh!
Anyway, this weekend he starts off preaching this sermon about men being godly men. Basically it was about people living out the lives that God calls them to live out. That we should listen and act on God’s direction in our lives. In the middle of the message my ADD kicks in for a few seconds and across the room I see Ed Young Jr., another incredibly brilliant Pastor of our day. My Pastor, David Hughes and Ed, went fishing together this week and I guess Ed wanted to stop by the Church to say hi to me… or something like that. So back to the Bil and his sermon, then he kicks out this personal story about God speaking to him. There is everything from he giving his car away to a guy he had never met, to another guy dropping 2 million dollars into their building campaign. You need to check out the message here.
So It was one Crazy Cool Weekend. To top it off, Pastor David set up a Q & A time with Bil Cornelius this morning. The meeting was so encouraging. Bil and Bay Area Fellowship have already faced some of the growth issues that we have a head of us. I’m so grateful to Pastor David for his leadership. I have no doubt that God’s plans for Church by the Glades is bigger than I can even dream. I love being a part of this team and of God’s plan.

Lost Finale

So the season finale… sick!  I can’t wait till it kicks off again.  I mean seriously, has there ever been another tv series this good.  Absolutely not!  Season 4 of Lost is dead… Long live Season 5!!!

As Big as God

So in my life i want to fully be used up by God. I know that’s a lofty goal, but I don’t want to be a waste of a life. My mom and friends wouldn’t say I’m a waste, but I know how much of my life has been wasted already, and I also know how many hours a day I waste. You can probably relate also, and I’m not trying to put myself or you down. I just want to fully be used by God.
I have a few pages left in the book, “Go Big” by Bill Easum and Bil Cornelius. It’s about leading your Church to explosive growth, (which is the subtitle). The first couple of chapters are very basic, and somewhat slow, but by chapter 3 you are trying to hold on to your seat. I’ve had to take a couple of breaks and just get up and walk around while conversing with God about the brilliance and wisdom of the book. I happen to be blessed enough to be on staff at Church that is experiencing such explosive growth. Go Big Church by the Glades.
Just wanted to encourage Pastors and Staff alike to check out this book. Can’t wait to read part 2 which is Go Big with small groups.
Love Christ-followers who desire the Big God of the universe to do Big things in and through them.