Monthly Archives: April 2009
48,000 Kids In India and 3 Kids from Indiana
This summer, Michelle and I will be taking our girls and transplanting our family to Tamil Nadu India for a month. The girls are excited and nervous. Nervous? Mostly about the shots right now. Excited? About pretty much everything else. more »
GCC Through The Eyes of New Person
This last weekend, we had some gentleman visit who take issue with GCC, both in style and content. First of all, I am impressed by their visit. Most of our critics, have never visited us or even spoken with someone more »
I Saw The Risen Christ This Morning in a Man
This weekend I asked one simple question: Am I a fan of Jesus or a follower of Jesus? We looked at the journey from admiration to devotion. Every follower of Jesus starts as a fan. Their admiration grows as they more »
God Gave Us a “Mimi”
About five years ago, God gave us a "Mimi." What's a Mimi? A Mimi is a person who "adopts" you like a son or daughter, then shower you with more love and affection than you could ever deserve. Has that more »
Chicken a la Carte
A friend of a friend sent me this video. I received this while eating lunch. Suddenly, my lunch looked very different. Watch it and you'll know what I mean. This film tells the the story of "the people who live more »
American Rural Starfish
We’ve been looking at the power of open source, grassroots movement empowered by limited centralized leadership, focus and organization. We left off with an example of a Chinese Starfish. Here’s another phenomenal example of a hybrid Starfish and Spider movement more »
Chinese Starfishes
I posted here and here this week on the concept of open-source, viral, grassroots growth. Today , I' want to give you a snapshot of what that looks like via a field report from the One Prayer church planting movement more »
Spring Break Family Photos
Last week, was amazing. Our friends hooked us up with a cheap cabin, we got down there on one tank of gas, bought our groceries, and the hiking was free. Hiking with the family in the mountains is our favorite more »
Ah, Batter, Batter, Batter! Swa-ing, Batter!
Today's post is brought to you by our Director of Local Mission, Dan Blacketor. Dan's one of my heroes. —————————————————————————-—————– Its official. Major league baseball started last week and the South Bend Silverhawks start this week. All the signs say, more »
Flashback Photos
My best friend from childhood posted these on Facebook this afternoon. I think I may have the worst haircut in the world in the next one. It makes me want to ask my mom, "How did that happen? I was more »