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Today is the early registration deadline for Catalyst in Atlanta on October 8 - 10. This week I caught up with Brad Lomenick, the executive director of Catalyst, to ask him a few questions. My main objective was to find out if I’m getting too old for gatherings like this. Let’s see what he had [...]

Before I tell you how to get from here to there, let me share how I got from there to here:

My first job (besides mowing lawns) was working in a print shop helping to prepare orders and assist with delivery. All I can remember is that I despised the collating machine.
Then, I took a promotion [...]

In the last couple of years, I’ve started getting requests from folks in ministry leadership positions who are looking for mentoring or coaching relationships. I know…among other things this is a sign that I’m quickly becoming one of the old guys. That aside, I’ve decided to take a stab at an option that should benefit [...]

Ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce Perry Noble. Here’s what he had to say this afternoon:

Mark 3:13
We need to understand our calling.
“Growing up, I was the fat kid.”
“Are you doing what you’re doing because you’re called to do it?”
“We don’t volunteer for this stuff. We’re called. If we’re volunteering, we’re stupid.”
I Cor. 1:26 “God chose [...]

Here’s what John Burke had to share at WIBO:

“I was addicted to self.”
It may be the biggest idol. We’re trying to be god.
“We’ve made Christianity confusing and complex for people.”
Apart from God, we can do nothing.
“Stay connected to God. Fruit happens.”
“I hate Christian bumper stickers.”
Beyond staying connected to God, we have to help others experience [...]

Here’s what Darrin Patrick had to share at WIBO:

“Keep yourself free from idols.”
“If you have a loving people problem, you have an idol problem.”
An idol is something created that we worship instead of God.
“Anything can be a potential idol.”
“An idol is the sin beneath the sin.”
“What, other than Jesus, is your main source of significance?”
Discerning [...]

My friend, Tim Stevens, recently wrote Pop Goes the Church. Here’s what he had to share at WIBO:

“Most churches aren’t impacting their communities.”
“Spiritual interest is growing in our culture.”
Church attendance is in decline while spiritual interest is up. Why?
“We’re answering questions no one is asking.”
“I’m not ready to give up on the local church.”
John 1:14 [...]

Vince recently wrote the book I Became a Christian and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt. Here’s what he had to share:

“How is it possible that I lived for 20 years in America and I never heard about Jesus and no one invited me to church?”
There are 8 million less people attending church this [...]

After almost falling up the stairs to the platform at the white board conference (wibo), here’s what he had to share:

“I’m not here to prescribe how to do church.”
“I covet the favor of God.”
Isaiah 55:9
“God, you are so far behind what my human imagination can conceive of.”
We underestimate God…by a lot. Our dreams are too [...]

The other day, Carlos and I had the honor of interviewing some of the greatest leaders in the church today. We talked with guys like Greg Surratt (Seacoast), Nelson Searcy (The Journey), Ron Sylvia (Church of the Springs), Perry Noble (NewSpring), Kerry Shook (Fellowship of the Woodlands), Bil Cornelius (Bay Area Fellowship), Jonathan Falwell (Thomas [...]