The Submergent Church
When your church staying above water doesn’t seem to matter anymore

There are a lot of blogs and posts out there on the emerging, emergent and other movements that are now misnomers or defunct. One category has always been with us: The Submergent Church. After all, there are things that keep a church from sinking. Some of those things might seem like common sense. But, we are in the church world where even though we believe God created the laws of physics we hold that they do not apply to us!

Speaking of the laws of physics… Read the rest of this entry »

• RT @tylerbraun: The most egregious photo retouching with Photoshop of the past decade // http://bit.ly/cxJVTY (wow!)//oh my #
• my daughter is having a sweet 16 party tonite..20 teens at my house!! woot!! #
• Les Paul cake for my girl!! http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=314968128011 #
• http://twitvid.com/54203 – so cool my daughters bday party breaks into a worship time #
• time for espresso… then cook breakfast for the fam–waffles of course with bacon! #
• @mnathanjaques yes it was a great feeling seeing the teens worship on their own last night! in reply to mnathanjaques # Read the rest of this entry »

The Heart Behind The Album from Lighthouse Rising on Vimeo. Read the rest of this entry »

I am so happy to announce that I will be teaching a workshop and attending the worshiptogether.com Training Conference, April 12-14 in Lenexa, KS.

In 1999 I remember attending as a younger worship leader one of their training events and over the past several years I have enjoyed getting to know some of the people at this company. Wholeheartedly I can say these people love the local church and this event is designed to equip worship leaders at churches of any size. Even their cost is reasonable.

Some of the worship leaders there include: Leeland, Brenton Brown, Matt Maher, Christy Nockels, Phil Wickham and Audrey Assad. Read the rest of this entry »

When things are not looking up and you have to pull out ahead, what are some questions that come to mind? This profoundly hit me with a quote this week that although was meant for personal context, I think institutionally it can be applied:

You cannot pray yourself out of something you behaved yourself into–Andy Stanley

If that’s the case, maybe some questions about what I am doing are in order. Yes, pray. But, praying is also listening to God as you allow Him to speak to as you reflect on the past and present and dream for the future.

1. In making decisions, do we overly value relationship and status quo over the possibility for greater results?
2. Is change made because of putting out fires or because of the fire of a dream or vision?
3. Are there systems in place that create enough margin to dream, plan and evaluate?
4. What behavior(s) do we need to change in order to grow?

These helpful to you? Any feedback?