todd rhoades - the mmi dude

me with todd rhoades outside ralph and kacoo's (boutin's was already closed for lunch - dangit.)

had lunch (actually it was late enough in the day he referred to it as "lupper") yesterday with todd rhoades. todd is in baton rouge (across the table from me now, actually) for our healing place experience.

back when i started blogging, todd's monday morning insight was one of the blogs that it seemed like everyone linked to (and they still do). he was one of the first bloggers i felt was truly dedicated to and understood the value of blogging in the church.

todd is still doing mmi, but he's also taken a spot on the team with leadership network. you really oughtta stay tuned to what he's doing there. church innovation is his passion - and leadership network is giving him the green light to help churches communicate and learn from each other and grow in innovation through interacting with each other.

i had a great time with him - it was an honor to hang with you, todd. you're doing some amazing stuff for the Kingdom.

life's tough...

my texas friend andy piper sent me this cool john wayne quote....

"Life is tough. But it's even tougher if you're stupid."

i have to admit that most of the tough times in my life have been the result of me being stupid. i honestly can't blame much of my tough challenges on anything else.

in that light, i guess i am blessed. now if i could just quit doing the stupid stuff....

hope for cambodia

figure on hearing more from me about this one.

weather dude video

my friend bobby lepinay posted this on his blog the other day - a video of a weatherman with a slightly different approach to making weather "interesting" to the viewers.

here's the post on bobby's blog.

watch the video here.

thanks for the laugh, bobby. i needed it today.

launch

just got my copy of launch (by nelson searcy) in today. i can't wait to read it. i'll post something as soon as i do read it. stay tuned.

choo choo

amazing. in the room where this scene is taking place, there is currently a wii (uncle josh's), an xbox (jd's) and a gamecube (lincoln's). there are countless toys. there is a big screen tv.

but what do my kids want? they wanna shed their clothes (the little boys do anyway) and play on a cardboard box like it's a train. (the blurry lincoln is due to the "choo choo" arm motion taking place during the shot.)

think about it. you can't strip down to your diaper and sit on a wii - not easily anyway. and xbox and gamecube never had a game that put three little kids on a big ol' train quite like this old cardboard box from mimi's new desk.

thank God for cardboard trains.

new hpc shirt logo

oasis of life church in bulawayo

check this out... i got this email from a great friend of mine planting a church in bulawayo, zimbabwe with the help of a bunch of folks here in the usa - particularly those over at celebration church of jacksonville (they're also starting a new children's cup carepoint there.)

wooohooo!





Friends,

We had our first service on Sunday!! It was wonderful. The atmosphere was charged with God’s love and presence. The worship was awesome. We held the meeting in a home. We had 45 people in all. After the service we all shared some lunch. God is truly up to some really great stuff. What a privilege to be chosen by Him to be a part of all this. We just want to love Jesus Christ and these wonderful people. Thanks for being a part of what God is doing right here right now. This is indeed kairos time.

go get 'em pastor dixon.

hpc_mozambique

healing place church mozambique

lookin' good!

won't be long now....

innovation

cool book that every church planter oughtta check out. every pastor, for that matter. not just saying that cuz my church is in it, either. really.

innovation 2007