Talking faith, life, ministry, church, rural & multisite
Believe it or not, these conferences are not all about facilities and numbers. There is actually a lot of solid teaching and instruction that goes on here.
So, let me just drop a few pearls of wisdom for you. I’ll try to include some things that are cool enough to translate across several fields of interest and not just pastoring. These are ideas/quotes from any number of the presenters that spoke during today’s sessions: Continue reading “Saddleback, the conference begins”
This week I’ll be perpetuating a problem.
Several of the staff from our church have come up with a nickname for myself and our executive Pastor Rod Sims. Apparently, we work together a lot which, makes sense since his position was created out of mine as the church grew.
Anyway, they affectionately (and it better be affectionately) refer to us as RANDY whenever they see us together. Honestly, it makes me kind of uncomfortable and I am trying to express a little less PDA in public… that was a joke.
Well, the RANDY jokes should be flying back in the office this week as Rod and I headed for a weeklong trip to the sunny state of California for a conference of Saddleback Community Church. Continue reading “Suffering for the Lord”