This is the last in the series…
Posted in Just Life, tagged andy stanley, Catalyst, chicago, church leadership, craig groeschel, one day, the shepherd's fellowship, vision on March 26, 2010| Leave a Comment »
For those who don’t know, I am currently in Chicago for a few days with two purposes in mind….
First, I came for Catalyst One Day event which was held yesterday at one of the Willow Creek campus churches.
Second, I came to hang out with my friend Pat who pastors a church just outside of Chicago in a town named Bolingbroke. I love what I hear they are doing there and want to be part of his community for a few days. I head there later today.
Posted in Just Life, tagged Catalyst on October 7, 2009| 1 Comment »
We just left Cleveland, TN on a pit stop for lunch. This was the scene of my dumb move of the day…
Once in the resturant, I realized that it was quite chili sitting under the AC vent at Chili’s (ironic) so I borrowed Josh’s keys to go out to the car to get my fleece.
At the car, I realized I was not so skilled at his car clicker as I thought since it was not unlocking the back door. However, when I tried the driver’s door, it opened so I just leaned in and unlocked the doors manualy. Success, the back door finaly submitted and opened up.
As I leaned in to grab my fleece, a sight surprised me… What is Josh doing with all this police riot gear in his back seat?
Yep, I broke into the wrong car! A unmarked police car!
I quickly shut the door and walked briskly to the correct vehicle. I grabbed the fleece and headed back in to see if any of my coherts saw my mistake. As I moved along, I passed two larger built men with police badges on lanyards on thier way out to their car.
If I was just a minute behind, they would have come out while I was leaning in their car. Yikes!
I told the guys, it could have been worse. It could have been a k9 unit vehicle. Open door…growling dog….. Scared Tom
Posted in Just Life, tagged Catalyst, Church of the Cove, Dino Rizzo, John Burke, Margret Feinberg, Matt Chandler, No Perfect People Allowed, Servolution, The Sacred Echo, The Shepherd's Nook, Village Church on October 8, 2008| 2 Comments »
Well, I’m in Atlanta for Catalyst. I have a friend who pastor’s a church in the Smokies who tried to talk me into going last year but we ending up passing. This year, we were about to pass due to tighter funds at church but we felt, after a period of prayer and discussion that not only myself, but Josh who serves on the Leadership Team should both go.
We had a period of 30 days of prayer and fasting in our church to prepare and humble ourselves in preperation for the trip and what God might lay before us. We opened up a fund raiser to get the cash together and everyone chipped in. The only thing left was to go.