The Notebook

Myself and seven other church planters/leaders from Cleveland are in Florida for the Exponential Conference. Our plane was supposed to leave Cleveland at 3:30 on Sunday, buy due to mechanical problems, we did not take off until 7:00. It is a beautiful morning and we begin the conference today at 1:0...

Beginning Sunday evening I will be blogging from Sunny Orlando Florida where I will be attending the Exponential 08 Conference. I will be attending with several of my friends and fellow church planters/leaders from Cleveland. I am looking forward to seeing old friends who will be speaking and leadin...

I think two of the most dangerous influences any church faces are: (1) Spiritual leaders who have lost their first love and (2) the onslaught of church hoppers. Having wavered before in my faith and flirted with losing my first love with God, I know firsthand how dangerous the first one can be. But ...

Solomon asked it in Ecclesiastes 4:1 ” Again I looked and saw all the oppression that was taking place under the sun.” The question of injustice can be asked many, many different ways. Why do bad things happen to good people? Why do bad people seem to prosper? Where is God when I hurt? W...

It has been awhile since I have given an update on Bridge Church. Bridge Church was launched on January 21, 2007 in Perry, OH. A group of ordinary (trust me, I use this term loosely) people took a step of faith to start a church from scratch in our living room. Since then we have […]...

by Janet Podolak News Herald Staff Writer His Vision….In Writing Those who know him must wonder how the Rev. Jeff Calloway found the time to write a book. In recent years, Calloway has been instrumental in founding and inspiring three different churches. Most recently he established the Bridge...

In most circles, when the topic of faith comes up, people clam up. It’s as if we have been asked to reveal our deepest, darkest secrets while the subject of faith is taboo to many people, there are those who are open to sharing what faith means to them. Faith is not something that you […]...

by Steve Sjogren …of all leaders, launchers most need interventional help I didn’t grow up going to church. If I were a contestant on Jeopardy and the category popped onto “Roman Catholic Tradition” I’d lose my shirt. But in recent years I have received a crash cou...

I don’t expect my first royalty check from my first book VisionalLife to be huge, but hopefully it will be large enough to buy me an iphone come this summer when my contract runs out. I heard from a very reliable source today that Apple will be coming out with iPhone 2.0 in June or […]...

I guess if you are going to write a book, you have to do at least one book signing. My first one takes place March 29th in Mentor, OH at the Family Christian Book Store. I am not sure how many people will show up and it’s no big deal if only one person shows […]...