Community Christian Church

One of the cool things about being asked to be the President of the Exponential Conference is getting to connect with some remarkable Christian leaders. We had an unbelievable line-up of speakers this past year which included Tim Keller. I... Read More

This Final 4 was much less dramatic than the college basketball version this year, but fun nonetheless, especially because it was Rock 'N Roll Hall of Fame week. Here are my quick thoughts: *David Cook -- I agree with all... Read More

One of the things we think a lot about in multi-site kids' ministry is "branding." What is our "brand" of children's ministry? How do we plan to reproduce that brand from campus to campus? This brand has to do with... Read More

Tomorrow, May 9, marks the halfway point of my 6-month shopping fast.  It has been an extremely humbling experience, and I continue to learn a lot from it. Why do I do a shopping fast?  Here’s why: * Discipline:  It’s a good practice to be able to do without things for a period of time.  Anything that [...] Read More

I'm currently working on a video for Kids' City where we take a Bible story and tell it a la the Fandango paper bag puppets. Its gonna be goofy for sure, it's in a series called "family feud" and we're... Read More

Had one of my dreaded moments as a mom yesterday. I got home from work and my 10 year old said, "Mom, I almost got beat up today." He then proceeded to tell me about the kickball game he played... Read More

Jeff Ekblad, (who is currently reminding us that it is Mustache Awareness Month) Arts Director at CCC-Yorkville came up to me at Leadership Community last month and said in so many words, "I really dig your blog...but I wish you... Read More

This last weekend I was flipping through the music channels on my DirecTV like I usually do (MTV, MTV2, VH1, Fuse). Of course I was looking for some actual music videos, or anything at all music-related, and as usual, found... Read More

Have you seen the Dude Commercial Parodies yet? At the Exponential Conference, we created three comedic vignettes to show "a day in the life" of a church planter, in three phases of the process: First, raising the money. Second, meeting... Read More

If you are interested in how your church can reproduce multiple sites, then you need to check out the latest issue of Willow Magazine. A great resource with some great content. It starts with an article on how multi-site is... Read More

Here come my thoughts about the Final Four, remember - always before the judges say whatev... David Cook - Hungry Like The Wolf - first of all, the fact that Duranx2 is in the rock and roll hall of fame... Read More

Had a great day traveling with the 4th graders from Bardwell Elementary to Springfield. The day started before 5:00 am and we didn't return until after 9:00 pm, but the kids were terrific and we saw some great places. The... Read More