Community Christian Church

Ok so have you experienced this recently?….You’re in the car and someone (maybe it’s you!) hits the accelerator rather suddenly and you kinda feel this “umph!” as you jet forward and continue in a rapid motion down the highway toward your destination… My personal favorite is when you’re in a golf cart and you’re in [...] Read More

“We are not imprisoned by our circumstances; we are freed by our choices.” Jim Collins (pictured at the left, author of Good To Great, Built To Last, and pretty much one of the most brilliant guys ever) said this statement last week when we were at the Catalyst conference in Atlanta.  It has stuck with me [...] Read More

Do me a favor.  Take a look at this picture and let me know what you see.  Can I tell you what I see?  I see two teenage girls, Allie and Sarah, who just committed their lives to following Jesus through baptism last Wednesday night.  Through the sacrament of baptism, they died to their old [...] Read More

Hey all....well, whomever of y'all are left. Sorry it's been too long since I have been here, so let me catch you up with what has kept me away from posting. The 10 for 10 challenge is done, and hope many took part. My wife and I did our very best to keep in line with the challenge (talk about the perfect word), and I can't say we were 100% successful at it. We missed… Read More

We’ve been talking a lot lately as a staff about on-ramps – mainly in terms of new staff members and new leadership residents at the church.  But it’s got me thinking a lot about on-ramps to generosity as well. With new staff members and new leadership residents, it’s important to have a process - or at least a conscious awareness! [...] Read More

I have been shirking my "duties" here for a little bit, and I apologize. A lot has been going on, with a vacation, work and other stuff, that I have either been non-bloggerish, or just haven't had the time. Give me just a couple more days - I promise I will have something up here for you to gnaw on, laugh at or shake your head. Maybe all three. And yeah - I said I… Read More

Last week I took a ‘working vacation’ to Oklahoma.  Judge if you must, but when you love your job as much as I do, it’s difficult to to take a whole week away from your work.  So I spent part of the week without my laptop and BlackBerry (yikes!), and then the rest of the [...] Read More

Did you see the next series at CCC? It's titled "OMG", and if you receive Dave's email about upcoming messages, you may notice week 2 (July 26/27) is named "Why Give?". Coolness. Oh wait - I meant: Oh crud. Quick Jeff, turn off your cell phone before you get a tex...... Too late. Should be another great weekend. Personally, I am hyped about week 1 ("Why Sing?"). Ya know that sound you hear Read More