sow

Kadens school sent him home with a small tree about a foot tall, in order to plant somewhere. We found a nice spot in the corner of our big backyard to plant it. I'm excited to watch this tree grow over the years. I'm hoping it will also give me some great moments to teach some lessons to my kids as well.
Because we have sown, we will reap. And, we will reap WHAT we have sown. So, what are you sowing right now for the future? It's amazing how that as leaders many times we just expect to reap without having never sown. What can you do know that will pay off in the years or months to come? I want to sow seeds everyday.

Refocused

Wow! What an incredible time we had "to", "in" and "from" Atlanta. Andy Stanley's Drive Conference was amazing! Much of our structure is modeled after theirs, especially when it comes to small groups. The creativity was oozing, the bands were kickin, the breakouts were sharp and Andy as always, knocked the ball out of the park. But the biggest part was taking this all in with our staff and then dialoging about it afterwards. I really think we have some great trust amongst our team and left their feeling more focused. C3 exists to lead people into "LIFE CHANGE." We do that through helping people CONNECT, GROW, SERVE. So there is the "WHAT" and the "HOW." We do nothing more, but nothing less. We are refocused and ready to continue to make the "DENT."

jeff foxworthy

I am amazed at the level of excellence and detail that North Point (Andy Stanley) has put into this Drive Conference. Today at the end of the afternoon session at 4pm, they had us jump in our cars (all 2,300) and drive to their other campus that was 20 miles away. The whole trip was a scavenger hunt. We got their, ate hamburgers under a huge tent, played corn hole, raced remote control cars, ate funnel cakes and cotton candy. Then at 7pm we went inside this awesome sanctuary to hear a great blue grass band and then to all our surprise, Jeff Foxworthy takes the stage. We laughed ourselves silly. This has been a great trip for our team. Not only to learn and dream together, but to gel as a team. Our C3 team rocks!

Road trip!

Today, we had 6 of C3's staff and leadership team load a mini-van and drive for 10 hours to Atlanta for a church leadership conference. We had fun goofing off together and playing all kinds of crazy car games. We ate some BBQ and then later at 5 guys Burger and Fries. Then we checked in our hotel, got a shower and went to the conference. It was AMAZING! The band, the lights, the high def screens, a great teaching, communion and most important, God was in the building in a huge way. I was personally touched by the presence of God. We then came back for some great team discussion in the lobby of our hotel. God has given C3 an amazing team and I'm so excited to be a part of what HE is doing.

no more Mr nice guy!

Yesterday, I'm coming home from work and turning onto a road leading into our subdivision. It is a very crazy three way intersection with a railroad track running through the middle of it. It is very hard to make one of the turns and many times people will stop the line of traffic to let those waiting (usually for days) to get in. I had never been that person, until yesterday. That is when I got rear ended by a pick up truck. Not the scratch you can buff out, but serious enough where I can't even get my trunk open. All that to say, I try to do something nice, and this is what happens! Should this stop me from ever being nice on the road again...uhh...hmmm.....No. I will not let circumstances or others decide how I should act.

Prepare not to fail

I shared a line I read somewhere, to a bunch of guys in a leadership class that said, "Many husbands have never cheated on their spouse, only because they've never had the opportunity." It was one of those "make you think statements", that hopefully lead to some soul searching. Not only that, but to think through how much as a husband, we have to lose and how to prepare NOT TO FAIL. Many times, it's not that we plan TO FAIL, but we don't plan NOT TO FAIL. So for me, I want to put safeguards in place to protect myself, my family and the name of Jesus for which I represent. My wife and I have discussed this and I'm totally open to her coming to me if her "woman's intuition" kicks in about any woman she feels is crossing a line with me. Also, I have someone whom I could and would share, for their opinion if I started to sense something. Finally, by doing my best to guard my thought life. My God and my family are the most important things to me on this Earth and I want to protect them at all costs. Just thought I would share my heart!

tolerance vs love

I continue to hear the word tolerance from TV, articles and speeches. The desire is, for people who are different to tolerate each other enough to live in peace along side each other. I feel that as believers, we are not supposed to tolerate, but to love. Love far surpasses tolerance. Love covers a multitude of wrongs. My prayer is that we as a followers of Christ, would be so full of the love of God that it doesn't matter who someone is, what they believe in, what they have done or anything else. But that we would express the love of God to everyone regardless. Not just tolerate, but far surpass tolerance, and truly love.