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I just got a message from Nick updating us on Joey. After a long day of surgery, Nick said Joey made it through very well. They got 98% of the tumor on the brain. The Doctor felt really good about it, Nick said. Joey’s tumor is called a “Medulloblastoma” which is a rapidly growing form…

As many of you have been tracking throughout the last 36 hours, my 7 year old Nephew, Joey, in Indianapolis has been in surgery most of the day to remove a brain tumor on the base of his brain. I just spoke with my dad (Harold) and he said that they are still closing up…

Hey everyone, I just got off the phone with my dad (Harold) and the latest on Joey is: – The surgery is going well. – They have removed the “specimen” or the mass and already sent it off to be analyzed to determine the type of cancer it is. – There have no blood transfusions…

Here is the latest on my nephew Joey, as I understand it. The facts are as right as I know them to be at this moment. I’ll keep updating throughout the day. Thanks for praying for him everybody. For the last month or so, my 7 year old nephew, Joey, who lives in Indianapolis, has…

Sunday, October 24th, was baptism Sunday at Next Level Church! Twice a year, we spend the last 25 minutes at the end of each of our weekend services baptizing anyone who has put their faith in Christ. It is seriously one of the most moving and exhilarating moments of my year. We set up a…

6 years ago, my friend (& our Executive Pastor) Scott Drummond challenged my wife & I with some amazing principles for our marriage. It was a risky move on his part, but it was one of a few things that happened that gave Sarah & I permission to believe God for more in our marriage.…

One of my favorite weekends of the year is our Access Granted weekend. Existing pastors and their wives come in for 48 hours to learn, stretch, relax and grow at Next Level Church. This weekend we hosted 7 couples from across the US. 2 pastors from Oklahoma, 2 pastors from Jacksonville, FL, Lebanon, IN, McKinney,…

There’s no magic pill that we can take to remember everyone’s name, but there are a few tactics I’ve learned over the years that help me to remember people’s names. Here ya go… 1.  See Them.      I am a visual learner, so seeing a name helps me remember it more often. For years we…

Yesterday I told the story of how a guy named Kulani, in Hawaii, changed my perspective on remembering people’s names. I’m not perfect at it, by any stretch, but I have learned several things over the past 10 years that I use regularly in remembering people’s names. 1.  I Really Believe that People’s Names Matter.    …

In the year 2000, my parents took our entire family to Hawaii for their 30th wedding anniversary. On one of the nights, we made reservations for one of those Luau / All-Inclusive entertainment night things. The plan was for the Luau Company to pick us up at our hotel around 4 pm, I think, and…