Archive for June, 2007

…and these people did. This is a cookie shop in downtown Charleston, and I’ve gotta admit I was drawn in by nothing other than the name. We had just had an unbelievable lunch at the East Bay Deli, a local hangout, and as we left we noticed this small cookie shop across the way. I’m [...]

By surprise

Posted: June 27, 2007 in observations, vacation

If you look closely, you’ll see the remains of a furniture factory in Charleston SC where 9 firefighters from the Charleston FD lost their lives in a much-covered tragedy last Monday. Miranda, Noah and I drove up to Charleston on Monday for a few days of R & R this week. We chose to come [...]

Sunday Rewind

Posted: June 24, 2007 in church life, end of the week, vision

It’s been a great day, and a great week. Some of the highlights from both… The vision is cast. The wait is over. And the response was overwhelming, and overwhelmingly positive. Our crowd was awesome today. Good sized, and definitely into it. It’s crazy how much easier it is for me and the band to [...]

Get ready

Posted: June 21, 2007 in church life, future, leadership

There’s a rumbling in the distance. I don’t know how to describe it, but it definitely feels like something BIG is around the corner. This Sunday I’ll share God’s big vision for RPC during the next few months. Like I said before, this is perhaps the biggest talk I’ve given in 5 years of pastoring [...]

Fo’ Shizzle

Posted: June 19, 2007 in observations, random

Ran across this pic last night on Gary’s blog, which tracks back to Jason Berggren’s original post. That’s right, it’s Snoop Dogg reading Andy Stanley‘s How Good Is Good Enough (great introduction to Andy AND Christianity, by the way). I don’t know if this photo is doctored, but I’m thinking it isn’t. It just seems [...]