We told everyone to watch my blog for updates on what is happening in the Edge-Summit discussion. In this post, I want to give you a peek into why the question doesn’t have an easy answer and has not finally and fully been answered. We are committed to resolving the issues and coming down on a plan within the next week. In ...
Following Dave Ramsey’s “Life. Money. Hope.” I’m pumped – but cautious. Ramsey is beautifully relatable while being fully biblical and helpful. We are making the video series available to life Groups – watch them everyone! The Bible says wisdom is sweet to your soul like honey is sweet to the taste. ...
We might as well say it: we’re in a weird spot with more questions than answers at this point.
Edge growth at 11 is stuck for the time being. It’s prime time and we have filled it. Edge 9 has enabled us to move more people in and we should continue to do what we can do to fill it too. Then what? Where do we go in the ...
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Meeting with the architect about the Elder Beerman store did exactly what we hoped – it gave us an understanding of what we are realistically looking at. The hope and dream of the Mall is still in place. But, our main question was – is conversion of the place a 1 million dollar project or a 10 million dollar project? The answer: honestly, somewhere in the middle of the two. To cut an auditorium into ...
My Leadership “Signposts”
I’m not sure why I decided to call them by that name, but I have for the last several years. I counsel people all the time: when confused or in need of direction from God, always look BACK to the “signposts” –those times when you WERE clear and had direction from the Lord in a ...
I think it’s important to keep the Mall in perspective especially since it’s been run on local news twice.
A couple of years ago an architect who does a lot of work with churches looked at the Mall and made the case that seemed logical all along. . . nearly unlimited space AND parking. Hard to beat.
Over ten years of prayer seemed confirmed. When my job shifted over to Lead Pastor I felt a new sense of responsibility for the future and ...
Maybe a few BTer’s saw it. . .
You never can tell if being on the news is a blessing or a curse. I hate talking on camera. There’s a near paralyzing fear you’re going to say something that comes off wrong. Then, there’s the old effect that hearing your own voice recorded always has: “do I really sound like that?”. In this case – “do I really look AND sound like that?” To me I looked grim and overweight. Not sure if the ...
I’m still on the after-burn of Vision Day. It is always SO life and faith affirming when God does that special “thing’ He does.
It’s made me wonder about a lot of things: one is – why did we have about 200 - 300 more people than average that day? Was it because of Palm Sunday? Was it the meal at the mall? Was it the idea of a “vision day”? It also has me wondering what God is up to.
On one hand, I often have a confidence that ...
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Some thoughts on our vision for Washington Square Mall and some explanation on the Community Surveys. ...
