Legos & Love!!!

So I’m playing legos with my 4 year old son, Drew, the other night. We were building a tower next to a swimming pool, that started out as a space ship or something, I don’t know. During the building process, there was a tall staircase that I was in the process of placing on the…

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Going Up & Going In…

Here’s what I’m learning right now… The further up you go, the more inward God wants to work in your life. It never fails that the minute God begins to bring increase in my life, (in any number of ways) that there is a requirement of God doing something greater inside of me as well.…

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I got my Nugget!!!

So last Wednesday night at our Connection Group, I challenged everyone there to “find a nugget” about leadership in the next week or so, and be prepared to share it the next time we got together! Well, I just couldn’t wait, I had to share the one I found. It totally goes with the topic…

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I hate that my Battery Needs Recharged

So I’m the kind of guy who just wants the battery on my lap top to always be charged up and ready to go. It always seems like it runs out of life at just the wrong time. Just when I’m ready to take it somewhere further than 5 feet from a wall and type…

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Today I chose the Best Thing!

(Additional Content & Thoughts from the Message, “Moving Forward – Part 2” –September 9th, 2007) On Sunday I talked about choosing the “Best” over all the other “good”things that go on in our day… Well, today I did that. I woke up early, ran 3.2 miles, did a bunch of crunches, and then came downand…

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What I realized during my "Getaway" with my wife!

I mentioned yesterday that Sarah and I spent the weekend away together… just the two of us! Here are a few things I realized while being with my wife this weekend… 1. It takes me 48 hours to relax. Sarah and I spent the first 2 days doing alot of sighing and unloading. I love…

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I Choose My Wife!!!

Sarah and I had a “Get-a-way” Weekend over Labor Day and it was amazing! We totally needed it. And so did our church! For the last 5 1/2 years, we have always made sure to keep our prioirities in the right order in our home & ministry. Ministry can be all-consuming and too many ministry…

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I'm Livin' It! and I'm Lovin' It!

So alot of you were trackin’ with us at the beginning of the summer when we did our “Arcade” series. We talked about living missionally in our everyday lives. Well, as many of you remember, I was pretty convicted by the whole thing… basically realizing that I wasn’t intentionally interacting with unchurched people consistently. Well,…

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God is Perfect!

In the last 5 1/2 years of church planting, I can honestly say that I have learned that God is perfect. He has proven that so many times throughout the journey of Next Level Church. In the early days of our church, (back when I used to think I knew it all,) I am blown…

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Don't Come Down Off the Wall – An Encouraging Word!!!

Hey everyone, It’s so easy to get consumed by the “less than positive” voices and things that surround us so often on a daily basis. It ‘s easy to become discouraged because things aren’t going as we wish they would go. Progress isn’t being made as quickly as we hoped. The negative voices are louder…

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