Spared?

It looks like, again, our community will be spared the impact of a hurricane.
What about those who will not?

God tells us to 'carry each others burdens and in this way we will fulfill the law of Christ.' Jesus said that we have a responsibility to the hungry and thirsty and naked and sick.

How does that work itself out in situations like these? And no, this isn't about guilt, and we aren't responsible to meet everyone's needs. God is. But He uses His people.

My encouragement to you is to begin to pray as we did in Celebration this morning for those who will be affected. Pray for protection and provision and for God to be glorified in the midst of this event, and in the aftermath.

And then pray that you will be available to respond to God, and those in need, as He would lead you.

The Missing Pieces

"If community transformation became the measure of our success, how would our churches and our communities look different? How would we look different?"

"We have allowed ourselves to separate believing the truth from it's impacting the way that we live."

"Programs did not carry the enthusiasm of the gospel in the early church. People did."

These are a few thoughts from Bob Robert's book Transformation, which myself and the leaders have been going through. I highly recommend it!


I'm also pumped that this Sunday I begin 3 Sundays of leading us in what this kind of transformation looks like in our midst! And one of the awesome elements is that it will not just be my voice, but also the voices of Creekers whose lives have been transformed!

I know that there are people around you who are curious about the Kingdom of God . . . invite them to come and hear about transformation!

Conspiracy of Compassion

I'm pumped about how God is going to use Advent Conspiracy this Christmas season in our City!
Today I met with several other pastors to cast vision for how we as the Body of Christ can together impact our city and world!

If you weren't here last Christmas season - or don't remember AC - then you can check out the posts here, here and here as an intro/reminder.

I'm hoping that at least 10-15 churches will join us this year as give up Consumption for Compassion . . .

fiRsT dey of skool

Yesterday was the first day of 8th grade for Luke (big man on campus!) , 11th grade for Sarah & Laura (UPPER classmen!) & Sophomore year at Hardin-Simmons for Emily. (This is Sarah, Luke, Laura and the girls great friend Elle . . . sorry you couldn't be in the pic Mimi)

And the twins drove off to school on their own for the first time . . .

Wow parents it's ABSOLUTELY amazing how fast it goes! Draw on every day . . . it's only 18 or so short years, make every moment count!