It was my privilege to spend three days this week with Jake and Sarah Zaske in NY. What a great city! I’ve been able to travel to many foreign countries but if you go to NYC you can experience all of them in a day!
“I Am Second” What an intriguing statement! Doesn’t it just beg a question? Second to whom?
I was thinking about the parable of the talents yesterday and it led me to think about risk in a new way. The earthquakes and tsunamis made me think this is a good time to hunker down and play it safe. I’m not really a play it safe kind of guy but with so much upheaval in the Middle East and the price of oil going through the roof the recovery we’ve been enjoying is in jeopardy.
Next Sunday we kick off a 40 Day spiritual journey that will lead up to Easter. You can pick one up at Indian Creek Community Church, Gardner or Olathe campus, on Sunday. Here is the first one related to the power of the Spirit unleashed in us as the people of God.
CMA is folding into Healthy Growing Churches. Yes, you read it right! This week we are aligning ourselves underneath Greg Wiens and HGC to become the Multiplication Arm.
Last night we had a great opportunity to see the unity of the Church in Kansas City in action. My good friend Eric Rochester put together a citywide ministry called The Sending Project www.http://thesendingproject.org. He invited churches from the KC area to send their representative to a meeting where we shared with each other what they were doing in missions.
Today I was asked to speak a few minutes and then lead a prayer for unity in the church of KC at the Citywide Prayer. I prayed asking God to give me His words to speak. In my preparation I began to believe He was.
Church planters are my modern day heroes. No one knows the sting of swinging and missing more than a planter but keep swinging. Baseball players make a million getting a hit three out of ten times.
Note from Yesterday Here’s a note from Jamie Steele Norman about yesterday at the Creek. Thank you for one of the most AMAZING messages yesterday
One of the things I like about this time of year is the ability to look back at one year in review and at the same time preview the year to come. Perspective is priceless. As we reflect and contemplate the past it gives us greater perspective for today and tomorrow.