Miracle Peanut Butter

“Kindness to the poor is a loan to the Lord, and He will give a reward to the lender”-Proverbs 19:17 You know the amazing thing with studying the Scriptures, you can read a text a 100 times and on the 101st time a verse or truth jump off the page and like some flashing LED lights on Time Square.  You want to ask, where have you been hiding all my life?  I had one of those LED...

Stetzer and Fitch: What is Missional?

If you have been around me much in the past 3-4 years you have probably heard me refer to the word “missional” or “missional church.”  It is because I have been dreaming, eating, and sleeping the concept as a part of my paradigm for six years.  Though, I must say, the concept was something I knew about before I even knew the word “missional” existed. ...

Glocalization: How Followers of Jesus Engage a New Flat World

Glocalization is the “seamless integration between the local and the global,” according to the author Bob Roberts, Pastor and catalytic leader with a holistic mission approach to Christian faith and community development.  The term “glocal,” which is the key word of this work, originated in the 1990’s from Scottish sociologist Roland Robertson.  The term was introduced to Christian...

Crazy Love or a Crazy Christmas

We all know the craziness that Christmas can bring to our life.  I share a message today at GPC in hopes a reversing the crazy Christmas for a crazy love for Christ and humanity.  Here is a one family that is demonstrating what crazy love looks like.  Everyone has to reevaluate life regularly and make sure their life is on the trajectory they want it to be on in the end.  Or, even more...