I have been working my way through Ed Stetzer’s compendium of information under the heading “The Meanings of Missional.” You can check it out at edstetzer.com.  I pasted it into a word document to read offline and it came to about 40 pages.Ed is arguably Southern Baptist’s leading thinker regarding missional understanding.  I will gladly defer to his expertise on the historical, ecumenical, theological, and other varied ways the term, recent as it is, has been treated.  I will opt … →

This has been likely my most busy semester preaching ever.  Lots of churches, colleges and universities, evangelism conferences and youth events, from a little church in NC to Harvard in Boston.  I am this weekend in Brandon, Florida (near Tampa for you non-Floridians).  This weekend is different. I am doing eight DNows and a variety of similar events. But this weekend I am teaching a church about evangelism. And this afternoon we offered a free car wash in the community … →

he summer after I finished college I spent most of June through August preaching revival meetings across the state of Alabama. I traveled with a very gifted young singer. He certainly sang better than I preached! We held meetings from Sunday night to Wednesday night, then Thursday night through Sunday morning. Pretty tiring even for young guys.I made a lot of friends during those weeks. I am what Malcolm Gladwell would call a “connector” (if you have read Tipping Point). … →

“And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” Abraham Lincoln  Today I turned 49.  Such a nondescript year, the penultimate year before the big 5-0. This year at one level means just one more day on the calendar. But I believe birthdays give us all a time to reflect just a little bit. I share a birthday with several students and friends, along with athletes Lyle Alzado and Jack … →