Jul 5, 2011 | General, Leading the Church, Methodism, Pop Culture
I woke up this morning thinking about the birth of our country after celebrating our collective national birthday last night with friends at the riverfront. All those people came to this new land looking for a place to start over. They all wanted a second chance to...
Jun 17, 2011 | General, Leading the Church, Methodism
For some of you, this is about the fourth time in two weeks that you’ve heard me talking about making disciples. I mentioned in Sunday’s sermon that I wasn’t doing my job if you weren’t sick of hearing me talking about the subject of...
Aug 6, 2010 | Leading the Church, Methodism, Pop Culture, US Politics
Biological drives are part of what it is to be human. Hungry? Eat. Thirsty? Drink. Desire for intimacy or to recreate? Have sex. We’re more than a collection of biological drives. Secondary drives include reward and punishment drives. When you want folks to do things,...
Aug 6, 2010 | Leading the Church, Methodism, Pop Culture, US Politics
Exerpts from an interview with Terri. Values drive success. To be innovative, you have to create an environment of collaboration. The power of small teams comes from DuPont’s practice of problem solving. Gore settled in on the idea as the basis for the entire Gore...
Aug 5, 2010 | Leading the Church, Methodism
Adam opened with a disclaimer: This will not be the most inspirational, but for some, this is the reason for participating. June of last year, 10 minutes before worship, one of Adam’s lead pastors came and said, “I need some time after worship.” After some...
Jul 20, 2010 | Leading the Church, Methodism
After a couple of “commitment” sermons, I thought I’d write a bit about what it means to commit at Trinity. Getting It Done This is perhaps my favorite level of commitment to experience. I love seeing members and even guests pitch in to make sure the...
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