There are some people in life that you cross paths with that simply change your life forever.  Jill and I crossed paths with Phillip and Marjorie Kesler while serving at Concord Baptist Church in Clermont, GA in the late nineties.  Marjorie’s son Walt was in our youth group and we saw God begin a work that has led him into becoming a missionary.  Marjorie...

I spent Monday evening and Tuesday morning in a church planting practicum with the guys at Mountain Lake Church in Cumming, GA.  They have a church of great influence in their area and it would be easy for them to continue to rock and roll without making themselves available to anyone else.  I appreciate their willingness to share their success with those of us...

Craig did an outstanding job explaining and illustrating how the unseen world impacts our mission of taking Jesus to people.  He shared the negative images that have been created by people and organizations that have simple been mislead by the unseen, evil forces that want to keep people from hearing about Jesus.  We often create a “fortress” mentality...

I often hear people comment that “we don’t need any more churches”, and this is usually a response when the topic of our (CATGrove) or other new churches comes up.  Most often they are referring to the fact that our landscape (especially in the south) is dotted with church buildings and steeples.  The truth is that in America we have far fewer...

It has been a great weekend for a lot of reasons, but here are a few: I have spent some great time with my family this weekend beginning with a journey to Edwin Watts Golf with Josiah!  Any trip to Edwin Watts Golf is a good trip (not if Jill is checking receipts) but this was especially good because it was with Josiah. Josiah and I ate lunch at Stevie B’s...