This weekend I will preach the final message in our series, “Lord, Teach Us to Pray.” As I said from the beginning of this year-long emphasis on prayer, our goal is not that you will know more about prayer, although I believe that will be true. Our goal is that you will pray. More of you. […]
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Joey’s and my first real date was scheduled for September 11th, 2001. Ever the romantics, we planned an afternoon that included Slurpees from 7-11 and playing Frisbee. Even from the very beginning, I knew this relationship had potential and was excited to look back at this silly first date in years to come. Instead, we […]
Next Saturday I will celebrate my sixtieth birthday. When Cyndi asked me last summer what I wanted to do, I told her I wanted to go to Hawaii and be with her… alone. So, that’s where we are and I’m sure we are having a blast. But when we made those plans last summer, it […]
Tuesday night my wife Cyndi and I were part of a crowd of 399 folks who gathered in our sanctuary for a night of music, worship and, especially, prayer for our nation. I looked forward to this event, because I love the music of Chris Tomlin and Matt Redman and others. What caught me by surprise was […]
All right… the heading is a bit misleading. But only a bit. On October 25, Chapel Hill will be one of hundreds of venues across the country who will simulcast a night of worship and prayer featuring Chris Tomlin. Other artists and speakers will include Max Lucado, Louie Giglio, Matt Redman, Phil Wickham, Tasha Cobs, […]
I’ll admit it: I was nervous last summer as we approached our Year of Prayer. I always have September Jitters, but the idea of spending a whole year preaching and teaching on prayer when, in fact, my own prayer life could be described as spotty… that made me really jittery. Then I shared an experience with the rest […]
Last weekend we celebrated World Communion in what many of you have shared was a moving and innovative way: we prayed through the Lord’s Prayer, focusing each petition on one of our Mission Partners. You will recall Joseph Bataille who shared via video, our representative with partner World Relief in Haiti. As I shared, Haiti—the poorest country […]
The Hawks are playing this Sunday at 10:00, which means that our Saturday night worship service at 6:30 will be very full and very fun. And whether it is Saturday night or Sunday morning, we will see a lot of jerseys with the number “3” on them. Whether or not you are a football fan, it […]
I’ll admit it. I was a little disappointed. As most of you know, we have launched a year of Prayer. We are going to spend a year learning more about prayer and, more importantly, praying! Actually praying. My hope, and prayer, is that by the end of this year, hundreds more of us will have grown in […]
Have you ever seen a stereogram? You probably have, maybe in a poster rack at Target or elsewhere. You’d recognize it by the seemingly random jumble of colors and shapes. The trick of a stereogram is that you have to get your face up close to it, focus your eyes like you are looking at […]