Aug 5th, 2010
I’m a recovering workaholic. This is an area of my life where God’s grace and forgiveness are clearly displayed. This is an area of my life where (again) I am being forced to re-evaluate and re-imagine… and be transformed. It was much tougher for me to learn to practice the spiritual discipline of “BEing” during my [...]
I stumbled upon these quotes from a couple of leaders that I admire:: If the leader is exhausted, then the people following that leader will feel exhausted. + Bill Hybels (Pastor, Willow Creek in Chicago) Never forget that people who follow us are exactly where we have led them. + Andy Stanley (Pastor, North Point [...]
Jul 31st, 2010
In the spring of 2009… my wife was recovering from a major surgery… my son Rance was born… my dad was battling cancer… I was twenty-eight years old… and I was about to quit the only consistent occupation that I had known since I was eighteen years old. In the spring of 2009… I was [...]
Jul 28th, 2010
I wonder how much more effective our churches would be if we made the pastor’s spiritual health- not the pastor’s efficiency- our number one priority. + Philip Yancey It is my commitment to shepherd and lead Remedy Church with only as much strength as the Lord allows me each day, each week, each month, each [...]
Jun 25th, 2010
I have a friend who introduces me to others (every flippin’ time) with these words… This is my friend Ryan. He’s a pastor. But I don’t hold that against him. While talking with my friend yesterday, there was a moment of transparency where I was able to communicate how I feel about this introduction that [...]
Jun 23rd, 2010
The current prevailing thought about marketing a brand-spankin’ new church plant seems to go something like this:: TARGET YOUR MARKET. SPEND A BUNCH OF MONEY TO REACH YOUR MARKET. I’m not anti-target-market… (in fact, I’m quite the opposite… without a target, there will be an ambiguous focus, no metrics to gauge the success of a [...]
NOTE:: The following information is for general and pastoral guidance and should not be taken as legal advice. State and county requirements can change. The following info regarding marriages in the State of Maryland is effective:: June 2010 This weekend, I will have the honor of performing my first marriage ceremony as the Lead Pastor/Planter [...]
Jun 17th, 2010
After our second Remedy Church preview service (October of 2009), it was very clear that we were going to have a tough time sustaining a full band on an eight-channel Behringer Eurorack sound board. So… I spent some time in prayer concerning our sound board situation, and felt the peace to move forward by tossing [...]
There is an ever-growing number of churches who believe in the vision that God has planted within me for Remedy Church. These churches pray for us, inspire us, believe in us, partner with us, encourage us, grow with us, fund us, cheer for us, cry with us, teach us, dream with us, challenge us… and [...]