Florida Governor Charlie Crist wasn’t afraid to get his hands wet Sunday afternoon while helping in the release of a sea turtle in south Florida. Now, you might say “what does that have to do with me?”. Think about it, here is the governor of a state helping a sea turtle. Who do you have [...]
Archive for May, 2007
Can a church grow during the summer months?
Posted: May 19, 2007 in Church Planting, Uncategorized, Vision ChurchI don’t know if I am the only one that has heard someone say this before “churches don’t grow during the summer months”. I guess the perception is that we should spend money reaching people in January, Easter, and Mother’s Day. For some strange reason there is a period called summer were many churches go on [...]
As I was watching my son test for his next Karate belt last night I was thinking about what I often say to him as we drive to class. “John what is a black belt?” “Dad, a black belt is a white belt that never gave up“, “that’s right son, never forget that.” In life [...]
Pastor Steven Furtick who is the Lead Pastor of Elevation Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, had a great post today it is really worth reading. I love and totally agree with what he says “You don’t own the copyright on God”. If anyone out there want any resources that we have let me know, it [...]
A chain reaction – the power of one decision
Posted: May 17, 2007 in Church Planting, Leadership, Uncategorized, Vision ChurchI remember the day I told the church that I wanted to purchase a nice sign that we could put outside church on Sundays. We literally had no money to purchase one so I just told the church about the need. This stared a chain reaction, check it out: Evelyn paid for the sign Gus [...]
This Sunday we’re starting a two week series that we call “An Open Door“ As a pastor I often get questions from people regarding choices / decisions that people are about to make. How do you know what doors to walk through, when you are supposed to do it, or if you shouldn’t make that [...]
It is awesome to hear what God is doing in several churches all around. To have a church that is growing is awesome, but is success just in the numbers? Now, I know that there is a book in the Bible that is called numbers, and I also understand that numbers are important. I would [...]
For us who live here in Miami this might not be a shock. For the second year in a row we have earned this title. If you are interested in the article look here or for some other facts look here . I just put a bumper sticker on my car saying “God has a dream [...]
Fasting is not fun, but essential
Posted: May 14, 2007 in Church Planting, Leadership, Vision ChurchWhy is it that many churches today are not talking that much about fasting? I assume that most of us are just like me, I love to eat. Especially here in Miami, there is such a variety of things to eat and that is a great thing. Last Wednesday, someone in our church gave me some Venezuelan [...]
I thought I would recommend one of those books that I consider a top 20. I have given a few copies away the past few years and everyone that read it just can’t stop talking about it. I know that it is geared towards youth pastors, but it deals with leadership. If you are a Pastor just replace the [...]
