We are doing three new message series at Sweetwater River Church based on 2 Corinthians. The first series is titled Change and is focused on character qualities that we need to possess as we live in changing times. It has been exciting and challenging to learn how comfort, integrity, tenderness, and others can make a difference in [...]
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One Week To Change the World is the new message series we just started at Sweetwater River Church. I’m really excited about it. Over six weekends we are focusing on the last week of Jesus Christ on earth. Each message takes an event from a different day of that week. The theme for the series is [...]
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I was in Los Angeles last night for Rob Bell’s “Drops Like Stars” tour. This tour was envisioned as Rob worked on his latest book of the same title. I love listening to Rob- His fresh approach to communicating helps me to recharge my creative nature. How many people could you listen to for one [...]
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We’re coming to the end of a great message series at Sweetwater River Church called “Renewed.” First week was “Above Anger.” Last week, Sue Hegle did “Defeating Depression.” Next Sunday is “Facing Fear.” There has been a great response to this series- it has really helped people out. It should be obvious to speakers that [...]
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We begin a two-part message series at SRC this weekend about finding God’s favor. I was prompted to speak on this subject because some people experience times in life when everything goes right. It has nothing to do with coincidence or luck- it has to do with God. Are there certain things you and [...]
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In two weeks we test drive our new church site- a cafe in the North Park area of San Diego. For the three summer services I am doing a message series about who Jesus said he was. I think this is important because our target audience is unchurched people that have heard a lot about [...]
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It’s Tuesday morning after a Monday holiday and I’m already behind a day. It puts a little pressure on to get things done. Sometimes we just need to realize that we won’t get it all done. That frees the mind to concentrate on the most important tasks at hand. Instead of crossing multiple items off [...]
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Here’s a story I’ll be telling in my message on Sunday morning at Sweetwater River Church… Eight years ago a student at Santana High School in Santee, Andy Williams, brought a .22 handgun to school, killed two students and shot 13 others. Afterwards he told officers he was tired of being bullied. As a chaplain [...]
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“Show up every Sunday morning with a burden that is so heavy that you feel like you will die if you don’t deliver it. And pray for that. Because if you don’t have that, then you just have information.”- Andy Stanley in an interview with Ed Stetzer. You can read the whole interview here. Andy [...]
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I’m telling the fictional story of two young adults, Joseph and Maria, in the “Rebel With a Cause” message series from Romans. Check it out at: josephandmaria.wordpress.com.
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