Jeff's Musings

OK – Finally back from vacation where I totally tried to do nothing and it seemed to work with the exception of going para-sailing and to the Tampa Zoo. Hung out with my family at the pool and the awesome beaches at Anna Maria Island and Siesta Key. Drank mucho sweet iced tea and had […...

I am writing from Bradenton, FL where we are on our first vacation in 14 years! We have visited Anna Maria Beach and Siesta Key Beach over the past two days. This s a much needed vacation. Check with  you later!...

My wife Julie, our Pastor of Goof Darin, his wife Deborah and I went to Ashtabula, OH  yesterday to do some exploring for the first church plant of Bridge Church. We had breakfast in a local eatery and talked to a waitress who shared there were no churches in the area getting it done and [&hel...

New series we are doing at Bridge Church. Sure to get calls on this one....

Yesterday I was interviewed by Lindy Lowry, editor at Outreach Magazine, for an article they are doing in their Sept/Oct issue. Bridge Church was part of Outreach's Faith In Action campaign and one of the acts of kindness our people participated in was  gasoline buydown.  It was the ...

My friend Bobby Williams, who used to be a punk, but is now a church planter wrote about me on his blog:http://www.confessionsofaworshipper.com/2008/06/honor-open-letter-to-jeff-calloway.html#links...

Here is a list of books I am reading and hope to finish while on vacation in July. Breaking The Discipleship Code by David PutmanPop Goes The Church by Tim StevensunChristian by David KinnamanThe American Church in Crisis by David OlsonDangerous Surrender by Kay Warren...

We can choose to ignore the culture or we can choose to engage the culture. We have to contextualize our message as Paul did. Paul quoted the writings of the philosophers of the Athenians. In our cultural context, we must be able to talk about the latest music, movies, television, and news events. W...

We began a new series of talks last Sunday on Bridge Church's mission, which we call the E's: our mission is to encounter, engage, and encourage people to experience Jesus, equipping them to change their world. Each Sunday I am unpacking the E's.  Each week we are using the story o...

Patrick and Jeff...