Caleb: A boy becomes a man

For a year and a half I have been planning for the next 10 days.  Actually, I have been anticipating the days since I read a book (Raising A Modern-Day Knight, Robert Lewis) 11 yrs ago.  Caleb was about 6 or 7 when I read the book.  I needed help.  Growing up without a consistent example of what a father looked like, I needed a idea.  This book put me on a path.  It gave me a plan.  It...

Dave Ramsey vs. Africa

How you comin’ on your 6 month emergency plan?  Yeah, us too.  Lori and I have learned a lot from Dave and still tune in.  However, when we lived and worked in Africa we had the hardest time getting our brothers and sisters to understand some of the biblical truths on financial management, particularly saving money for the future needs they might have. Gallup recently released a study on...

Dem/Gaz Article: What will be of the SBC?

I was interviewed for an article that ran in Arkansas largest paper last week. It has resulted in some interesting conversations and phone calls. I thought I would copy the article and put it in my blog so all 5 people who read my blog can see it.:)  I am going to spend the next couple of weeks expounding on my thoughts as it relates to denominations life and future.  There will be a lot of...

Multi-site Churches: Skeptic to believer (Pt 2)

Having a spiritual communities where people can come and explore the mystical things of God while sorting through life’s complexities is necessary for everyone (whether we realize it or not).  We want to start as many of these communities as possible.  In a word, these spiritual communities are called a “Church.”  I didn’t come up with the name, Jesus did.  Not all...

Missional Multi-site churches: Skeptic turned believer (Pt 1)

I have to admit I was a skeptic with the multi-site church model at first.  My first thoughts were negative due in part to what I had seen as  a “celebrity model” demonstrated.  A celebrity model multi-site approach is more of a way to promote a central figure and multiply mega churches, rather than reproducing new leaders and break off the mega-church into more of a community...