Terry Jones’ Quran Burning in Gainesville

Can it get more ironic than this quote from Terry Jones, who burned a Quran Saturday night, “For some of them,” he said, “it could be an awakening.” Looks like he was right…In the protests that followed overseas one has died and 16 injured. You can be sure there will be more to follow. Apparently […]

St. Pete State of Mind Music Video

Here is what our youth minister and summer interns did last week to round out the summer. In case you haven’t seen the original video that this parodies, Empire State of Mind, you can view that below too. Empire State of Mind with Jay-A and Alicia Keys

Gators and Disc Golf Don’t Mix

I was out playing disc golf this morning at a local course. One of the interesting things in Florida is it is not unusal to see alligators in any given body lake or pond. I heard some city workers yell something about a gator in the water. The only problem was, I was chest deep […]

Back from the Beach

Funny to drive 4 hours to get to the beach when you live 1 mile from it. We went to the East coast of Florida to spend a few days with Missy’s folks. A great time was had by all. Jonah now has a tooth and also loves to “swim.”

Spiritual Growth 2008 in the Books

What a great experience in Orlando! I got to meet so many great people and hear some really powerful lessons and classes. I was able to meet Tim Archer, Jeanne M, Jason Goldtrap, Jim Miller, Flavil Yeakley, and a plethora of other folks. I was able to reconnect with Bob Bliss, Bill Williams, Eddie Randolf, […]

Spiritual Growth Workshop 2008

Well it is finally time for the Spiritual Growth Workshop in Orlando this weekend! If you live anywhere near central Florida you really want to come and be a part of this awesome event. Here is the website complete with a list of speakers. Speakers include Randy Harris, Wayne Kilpatrick, Ed Gray, David Young, Jim […]

Thanks to the Highlands Church of Christ in Lakeland

Thanks to Randal Myers and the elders at the Highlands Church of Christ in Lakeland, Florida for letting me come and ramble to them for 40 minutes last night about the kingdom of God in Mark 4. I seem to have some kind of inverse curse from the days of Elijah – both Wednesday nights […]