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Haiti. Can’t quit thinking about it. Can’t stop my mind from running about what will be next. Hope that this stays in front of people and that we don’t go back to normal. I think about things to joke about with people or things to say to people, but it seems more often than not [...]

Haiti // needs an answer

A quick update about Cornerstone Church’s response to Haiti.
1) We are giving financially to the situation because that’s one way to immediately help, though it is only a start. More on this at a later time. For now, know that yesterday we focused hard as a body of believers to be responsible in this first [...]

haiti // a start

Haiti:
This tiny nation has experienced one of the most devastating disasters in history. The damage is catastrophic and it feels like the only thing we can really do is watch and wait for more bad news of what is really happening at ground zero.
We’ve spent a good bit of time today researching, connecting with resources [...]

trembling // awakening

If there was one takeaway from Passion for me it would be from Francis Chan’s message about trembling at the word of God. Partly because what he said was huge and partly because this was something that I was already wrestling with and growing in on my own. So, I’ve spent more time over the [...]

Passion 2010 // awakening

For the past few days several students from Cornerstone and a few leaders….along with approximately 21, 985 university students from literally all over the world, gathered in Atlanta for one purpose, Jesus. We sang together. We prayed together. We cried together. We were together.
Not part of an event, but part of a movement!
We were challenged [...]

today is today // tomorrow is just another day

So Christmas is always a little frustrating because of the commercialism.
The New Year is always frustrating because of the nostalgia.
Here’s the thing. People get past Christmas and in one week they start thinking about the past year and all they’ve done and then they start thinking about how “the New Year will be different.” This [...]

268 Years

We’re currently in the middle of a series at Cornerstone called “Hallelujah.” Sitting around one morning thinking of all the ideas we’d tossed out about Christmas, thinking about how we said we just want to celebrate Jesus well, in a big way, and trying to come up with direction for the series, the Hallelujah chorus [...]

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Communion // response desired

Randomly just wondering what you think about communion. How does your church experience communion together? What makes it special for you? Do you think you see it differently than most? Why?
All skate…communion.

creators // salivate on this

This is a comment from a friend and fellow creative Chris. It was a comment, but was just so good it needed to go on the front page. It’s in response to “how to be creative:
starting from nothing… immersion in the idea or the process.
if it’s about playing with a concept, kick it around and [...]

creatives // speak up

alright all you creatives out there
when you have a craving to create
what’s your method
how does it come out
how do you get going

relationships // a little help please

All Skate…
I’m lasering my focus in on relationships both vertical and horizontal, meaning I want stuff that deals with my relationship upward and His relationship downward as well as my relationship outward, and everyone else’s relationship inward toward me.
What’s the best advice you’ve heard on relationships as it applies to either of the above?
What are [...]

tension // so strange

There’s nothing so lovely and so ugly as that weird place of tension that we must all sit in at some point or another where you long to be in the “place you know God has put on your heart” while at the same time you are in the place God has put on your [...]

Continuing the Conversation // comment

Josh Agerton commented on a post that I did yesterday about being in the world, but looking different. He basically said, “think about these two statements, they’re very different aren’t they.” So I’m wondering, what do you think of the following statements. Do they seem different to you? How do they affect you?
Be in the [...]

quick post Saturday // a short post

I’ve been loving following @gapingvoid for the creativity sake and wish I’d come up with this phrase on my own because consumerism cannot survive:
Create or Die!

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