Happy Easter! May you know the depth and power of the resurrection of our Savior in a new and powerful way today.

It’s Friday. And at the moment of Jesus’ death, the veil of the Temple that separates sinful man from Holy God was torn from the top to the bottom because Sunday’s coming.   Sunday’s Coming!

Behold, the final hours of our Savior’s time on earth: Matthew 26:20-25: 20 When evening came, Jesus was reclining at the table with the Twelve. 21 And while they were eating, he said, “Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me.” 22 They were very sad and began to say to him one after the other, “Surely you don’t mean me, Lord?” 23 Jesus replied, “The one who has dipped his hand into the bowl with me will betray me.24 The [...]

Today is Maundy Thursday, the commeration of the last supper… and Christ’s final hours as a free man. Luke 22:1-53 describes the events of the day this way: Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus 1 Now the Festival of Unleavened Bread, called the Passover, was approaching, 2 and the chief priests and the teachers of the law were looking for some way to get rid of Jesus, for they were afraid of the people. 3 Then Satan entered Judas, called Iscariot, [...]

Over the last couple of months I have had two things floating around in the back of my head.  One has to do with John the Baptist (Luke 7:18-23), the other with Daniel (Daniel 6).  Both of these stories have to do with storms in their ministry, and I believe that they speak to all of us involved in ministry leadership today.  These stories may or may not apply to you today, but they will. [...]

According to some May 21, 2011 was supposed to be the day the rapture began. The information campaign was the stuff of legend… people leveraged their life savings in order to get the word out, only to be disappointed on May 22.  Much was made of the episode… from billboards purchased by the Freedom From Religion Foundation to endless punchlines for late night television.  It was not one of our better days. Harold Camping, then [...]

It never fails… I often find myself at a conference and the presenters open up the floor for questions and it takes about twelve seconds before someone asks a “silver bullet question”.  The question takes many different shapes and forms, but what lies behind the question is the same: give me a sure-fire method to make everything work. Truth is, there is no such thing.  There is no one methodology, system, or tool that will [...]

My friend Todd Rhoades has been putting a great deal of work into a project that I am pretty excited about.  Today, starting at 1:00 pm (eastern), Leadership Network will be presenting groundSWELL, a conversation with the rising generation of church leaders. What I love about this is that everyone speaking will be between the ages of 13-19, love Jesus, and love the church.  I have written a great deal about the need for the church [...]

After a three day road trip to the XPastor Conference in Dallas, I am back on the G’Island in time to celebrate my birthday (what did you get me?) before heading to Atlanta for ChurchPlanters.com’s Velocity Conference.   If you will be in Atlanta, next week, I’d love to grab coffee, or a meal with you! So, take a break from shopping for my birthday present and check out what has been going on here, and at [...]

I met Andy Needham ten years ago while he was leading worship at youth ministry retreat in New Hampshire.  Andy has a heart for worship, and is a talented worship leader (a rare gift)… his new project, The Andy Needham Band, is doing some amazing things all up and down the east coast… you really need to check them out and follow what he is up to.  Check out some of Andy’s thoughts: Our new [...]