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insecurity // my hope

Removing a mask. I struggle with insecurity. There. It’s out there.
After processing this for quite some time, I think it comes from several places.
The first is that I have a very works based mentality when it comes to relationships because of my understanding growing up of how I related to God. I felt like if [...]

message prep // my mind

sometimes it takes me more than a sheet of paper to figure out how I’m going to communicate the message for Sunday morning…

Uganda // Invitation

In November of 09, a whirlwind of a month, Kristen and I were able to join Josh Agerton and Christopher Slagley on a trip to Buloba, Uganda. We have been partnering with a church in Buloba for the last few years and have seen God move in big ways. One of our goals while we [...]

still // there

Is Haiti still at the forefront of my mind today?
Is human trafficking still making me angry today?
Is the AIDs epidemic in Zambia still affecting my thinking today?
Is the hunger of the talibes in Senegal still creating a painful stir in my spirit today?
Is the lack of clean water to a huge portion of Earth’s population [...]

if // listen

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 [...]