The Notebook

Yesterday in sunny Tampa, a new church launched with 174 people! My friends, Steve and Janie Sjogren left Cincinnati last fall to move to Tampa to start Coastland Tampa. God’s hand has been on Steve and Janie throughout the years as Steve was the founding pastor of the Vineyard Church in Cincy...

Every Thursday morning I meet a friend for coffee at a local coffee shop just to hang out and talk about life and God. He attends Bridge Church with his wife and three small children and is growing in his relationship with God. A little rough around the edges, but definitely a guy that has […...

No it’s not the Atomic bomb or the Hydrogen bomb, but the tongue bomb. We’re quick to avoid murder, stealing, and drunkenness, but we often assassinate other people and leave destruction in our wake by the way we use our tongues. Husbands have stabbed their wives with words that are as sharp as ...

Hello Everyone! I wanted to let you know that my book VisionalLife has been released for purchase. It won’t show up at bookstores, Amazon.com or barnesandnoble.com for another week or two, but you can get it directly from my publisher Cold Tree Press. Click here to buy the book today – h...

We saw over 50 adults, students, and children make a public decision to follow Christ through our weekend services and membership classes at Bridge Church during 2007. Why is that so important? One reason is that Bridge Church began in January of 2007 with 21 people meeting in our home. By the end o...

Two guys are strangers. They arrive at the church at the same time. We know they are strangers because they didn’t know where to sit. The first guy walks in and he is dripping with wealth. Everybody knows he doesn’t fit because in the New Testament times all of the Christians were poor. ...

As we begin 2008 many of us will make New Year’s resolutions. Instead of resolutions, I challenge you to make New Year’s Revolutions. A revolution is something that not only changes you, but changes everyone you come in contact with – sort of a ripple effect. I am working on coming...

Today’s post is very short and and to the point. Christmas is about Jesus – Live With It!...

Some of us are alone this Christmas and its so discouraging to be alone. In the Charlie Brown Christmas special; Charlie Brown checks his mailbox but there’s no Christmas cards for him. And he remarks, “I know no one likes me but why do we have to have a holiday to emphasize it!” Statistics te...

It has started again. That undercurrent of Christian response when a movie comes out that seems to threaten the existence of Christianity and the values that followers of Christ espouse. The Golden Compass has been talked about, blogged about and emails forwarded from the AFA imploring Christians to...