Here’s an audio blog based on something brilliant my wife prayed and the verse that it obviously comes from:
1 Peter 5:7 Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.
The Perfect Tree
It was the ‘Perfect Tree’…but, its beginning was not on this holiday weekend. No, its beginning stretched back years and years ago when God began to care for it as a young sapling.
Over the years it grew, as it weathered mild and wild seasons of heat and rain. It grew, as hunters and prey had both used it for cover. It grew, as young lovers met beneath its branches for stolen kisses and promises carved deep into its side. It grew, and grew and grew until truly it was majestic.
And then, after years of enduring, maturing, stretching, surviving and reaching toward the heavens, this amazing tree was felled by the swift blows of a woodman’s axe.
Chop…
Chop…
Chop…
THE Christmas Story
A couple of years ago we were setting up for our Christmas Eve service at the big hotel convention center. These kiddos were troopers and spent hours there waiting on their dads.
I grabbed a camcorder and had them follow me around the hotel for this spontaneous video.
It’s rough, raw footage with bad lighting and difficult audio, but is still one of my favorite Christmas videos ever… and man, have they grown up since then!
Instead of a new blog article this week, I’d like to offer this retro video as a reminder of the season…Merry Christmas!
THE Christmas Story from Andy Addis on Vimeo.
I haven’t been to church in a long time
I haven’t been to church in a long time.
That may come as a surprise to many of you who see me each weekend… preaching.
Yes, I am aware that some of you extremely spiritual pastors out there will argue with me about my own spiritual state if I don’t feel like I’m at church whenever I am in the pulpit.
Don’t bother commenting on this post, I’ll just delete it… yeah, I said it!
So, back to my initial statement, I haven’t been to church in a long time.
Last weekend in our faith community was amazing. We hit record high numbers, our offering was through the roof, we baptized on Saturday and Sunday, we celebrated the installation of a new campus pastor, launched our brand-new Christmas series, and I got to preach five times in three buildings in two cities with four different worship teams… You better hang it up, because that was off the hook!
In reality, while that was an absolutely stellar weekend for CrossPoint, I went home tired, again.