Archive for April, 2007

Looking back at 4/29/07

This past Sunday was great. I would love to say that it’s because everything went smoothly with no complications but that is not the case. In fact we had more complications this Sunday than any other one to date. Here… Read More


The “NEW” LifePoint website unleashed!

Several days ago I wrote a post called, “What is our website saying?“. The whole point was that sometimes we try to build so much into our websites that we just end up over-complicating the whole thing. As a… Read More


Sometimes you need to improvise.

As many of you know we just started LifePoint this month. We are not yet what you would call stable, much less large. What this means is that when people are missing it really causes all of us… Read More


The Ranting Slovak

I meant to mention this earlier in the month but a good friend of mine named Zack Baranick just started blogging recently. To give you a little background, he is the Vice President of the New Life DramaRead More


The first teaching team meeting

A week ago Kevin posted about our new teaching team. I have always wanted to use a collaborative approach to message preparation but almost always revert back to Saturday night cramming sessions. I don’t know about anyone… Read More


What is our website saying?

I have a confession to make. I am never satisfied with websites I design. I have redesigned our church website over 4 times trying to find the one that works. The one we are currently using is done with… Read More


I need to learn to say no

It’s even worse than that. I need to learn to keep my mouth shut. I like helping people, it’s a curse and it finds it’s way into every area of my life. Some might conclude that is one of the… Read More


Do less for more.

When any church planter sets out to start a church they most likely have a large vision of what that church will look like. If they don’t they are already working against the odds. Sometimes we even have a vision… Read More


When the fish aren’t biting

It can be easy to get discouraged when involved with a new church launch. Finances don’t go your way. Time management doesn’t go your way. Marketing doesn’t go your way. You don’t go your way. God doesn’t go your way.… Read More