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  • How I Keep Up With Who I’m Praying For

    How I Keep Up With Who I’m Praying For

    One of the most common asked questions for me as a pastor is the question, “Can you pray for me?” Being a pastor that loves people, I certainly can’t tell people no. For years, I’ve had trouble remembering who to pray for. I’ve made attempts in the past to write them down or enter…

  • THIS Is Love!

    THIS Is Love!

    Many of you have probably seen this. If you haven’t, it’s worth a few minutes of your day. This is an example of true love!

  • When God Shows Up

    When God Shows Up

    Then fire from the LORD came down and burned the sacrifice, the wood, the stones, and the ground around the altar. It also dried up the water in the ditch. (1 Kings 18:38 NCV) I find it cool that Elijah prayed for the sacrifice to be burnt up and God burnt everything around the…

  • Something New for Young Leaders: Next Up Releases Today!

    Something New for Young Leaders: Next Up Releases Today!

    I’m really excited today to see a project that’s been over a year in the making finally come into full view. My book, Next Up: 8 Shifts Great Young Leaders Make releases today. One of the things that we need in the church and in the world in general today more than ever before is young…

  • 3 Quick Tools To Boost Productivity

    3 Quick Tools To Boost Productivity

    Reminders (iOS) If you have an iPhone, the reminders app is a gem in hiding. It’s not pretty and not effective as a stand alone productivity system, but it’s great at adding quick reminders. I use Siri with Reminders more than any other app. “Remind me to call Dan at 10am.” “Remind me to…

  • New Next Up Podcast: H Is For Honor

    New Next Up Podcast: H Is For Honor

    This month on the Next Up Podcast, we’re tackling the subject of honor. In light of Kevin Durant’s MVP acceptance speech and in light of our generation’s tendency to ignore honor, we thought we’d talk about what honor is, who we should honor, how we should honor, and why it’s important. You can subscribe…