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Eighty people got baptized at suncrest yesterday.  I wanted to post last night, but I didn’t really know what to say.  I still don’t.  Here is part of what I wrote to our staff and elders today:  I do know that we went into yesterday well-prepared and having had a number of conversations (some that have spanned [...]

This is my favorite recent picture of Abby.  We are all thankful she got her looks from her mother! Abby is a pistol.  She is hilarious, has the best facial expressions, knows how to get what she wants (also from her mother?), and every time I take her picture she says, “You can put that on [...]

We start every staff meeting at Suncrest with the question “Where are we winning?”  It’s another way of asking “Where do we see God at work?” or my favorite way to ask it:  How are people at suncrest being used by God to change lives? I’m always amazed at where God is at work that I [...]

We had 67 people who left a comment explaining why they loved Chicago in hopes of winning a free ticket to Catalyst 1-Day in Chi-Town. Since I had to pick two people to give the tickets to I decided the...

OK, here is the scoop and you are going to love it! Catalyst 1-Day is coming to my home town, the Windy City on March 25th! And because Brad Lomenick and his gang know how to hype stuff they have...

There are lots of people who claim to really love people who are far from God; but few do it. And there are lots of churches that say they want to help people find their way back to God; and...

How the Mighty have fallen... Just suffered through a painful episode of Desperate Housewives, a show that in its first season showed promise as a soap opera-esque indictment of suburban living. I was forced to watch it because Kristi won't...

Love this article about the last decade in the music business - maps out and defines reality very nicely. It's been interesting to see not just how iTunes has changed the game, but also how box stores like Target and...

I really enjoyed this quote today: "It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the...