Just got off the phone with Dr. Jack Hayford a few minutes ago….finally finished hyperventilating.  I mean, it’s hard to talk when on the other end of the line is one of your all-time ‘heroes’ – a giant of a man when it comes to integrity, scholarship, and the things of the Spirit.  His accomplishments [...]

I keep forgetting to share my favorite story from my knee surgery this past Monday:
Chris went with me to the hospital since I wouldn’t be allowed to drive home afterwards, and she was wearing a faux fur vest she got for Christmas.  After we got me checked-in, we went upstairs to the surgical floor waiting [...]

Had an interesting experience on this first Monday of a new decade.  Several of our pastors spent a few hours at a local restaurant in order to get away from telephones & other disturbances, to hammer out some important discussion regarding CLC’s mission & strategy.
Shortly before we concluded for the morning, another patron approached us [...]

I’ve literally been overwhelmed by the deluge of thoughtfulness in the form of gifts, cards, songs, food & more from SO MANY on the 57th anniversary of my birth yesterday!
Even though most of the day was spent in a pastors seminar, I honestly think it was the BEST birthday of my life, because of the [...]

That’s the title of Mark Batterson’s newest book, and I gotta say: I love it!  

I was fortunate enough to receive an advance copy from WaterBrook Multnomah for my review, and it arrived just before my flight to Las Vegas week before last.  I grabbed it from my briefcase shortly after take-off, and then Primal [...]

Chris & I leave early this morning for Riviera Maya and five days of disconnecting from everything else so we can reconnect with each other.  It’s actually a week early, but we’re calling it our 37th anniversary getaway, and we’re celebrating every day this week – relaxing at the beach with some mystery novels & [...]

Well, today I am very thankful for the cliche’, ‘what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas’!
In the light of Tiger Woods recent indiscretions, I should quickly say this about the past 38 hours that I’ve spent in Sin City:

the strongest thing I had to drink was a Diet Coke
the closest I got to any casino [...]

I posted about this over two months ago.
I promised every CLC volunteer a personal copy of Dino’s message because I was that impacted by it.  Had to jump thru some hoops to get it, but finally it’s here.  And what a great time of year to listen to this message!
Special thanks to Andre & Trina [...]

I briefly mentioned it Sunday in Tinley Park, but this Christmas all of our campuses are participating in the Advent Conspiracy.
If you weren’t around last year, or don’t recall how it works, please go here to view the video.
It’s such a simple concept.
It’s such a no-brainer.
it’s really such a GOD-idea!
It’s a way for you [...]

I think I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve just re-posted someone else’s blogpost, but seeing that we just finished our relationship series last Sunday, I thought Perry Noble’s post today was off-the-chain for singles who are wondering whether to break off the dating relationship they’re in.
So if you’re a single [...]