I’m grateful for all the positive response to the new sermon series and can’t wait for next weekend….but I already know I can’t cover it all, so here’s some thoughts that I won’t have time to discuss in the sermon, but that you might find helpful for your financial health, starting with a pithy quote [...]

Well, the First Love Conference ended Monday night, but it’s impact is certainly lingering…in fact, I’m hoping we never get over it! (You really had to be here to know what I mean, but each of our guests was just ‘off-the-charts’!)The Word of the Lord that ‘came’ to me was Luke 18:27 where Jesus said [...]

Well, the fast is over and we’re ready to begin our annual ‘First Love Conference’. The one thing I heard from the Lord during the fast was Genesis 15:1 which says the word of the Lord came to Abraham. I have such a sense that this will be happening over the next few [...]

Well, I knew this fast was going to be good for us (and me!), but I guess I didn’t anticipate some extra-benefits. When I stepped on the scale this morning, I was below the 200 mark for the first time in over 12 years, and I suspect it has a lot more to do [...]

Several of you have already commented about this past weekend’s message, and especially the final point that God wants each of us to “take some faith-risks in this new year“. As I mentioned, some of the inspiration for that came from a great new book I’ve already written about here, “In a Pit with [...]

Yesterday was a wonderful close to 2006 - both in the morning services and the wonderful touch of the Holy Spirit upon all of us gathered at the front of CLC to express our desire for recommitment and renewal, and especially last night in our annual Watchnight service to bring in the New Year. [...]