A mega toxic rock!

This week we’ve been talking about ‘rocks’ of dishonor, toxic rocks, and we’ve even taken a toxic test. If you tested ‘positive’ for toxicity, then I need to give you a real incentive to let go of the bitterness and find it in your heart to extend forgiveness to whomever the source of your pain, [...]

Detoxing from toxicity

So, yesterday I spoke about being hit by ‘toxic rocks’ that may well have shaped your outlook and approach to life, and I suggested that you might be interested in taking a toxic test to determine whether or not you actually have toxic residue clinging to you like cologne. I would make the case that [...]

Toxic rocks!

This is a photo of me delivering yesterday’s sermon at The Well! I know, I know, you wish you went to a church like that too, huh? Seriously, this was my sermon illustration and it just so happened to be ‘Mission Sunday’ as well, and so I was dressed in my traditional Nigerian attire in [...]

Stone him, stone him, stone him…!!!

Bernard Madoff, 70, bilked and swindled ‘investors’ out of more than 64 billion dollars in what is arguably Walls Street’s grandest ponzi scheme, over a period of more than thirty years. No one was safe, from actor Kevin Bacon, to Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel, to Charities and foundations, everyone fell under the greed-driven [...]

Blackened pots

Yesterday we celebrated our ‘re-emergence’ service. It was a really exciting day and my message was simply the fact that God uses ‘blackened pots.’ (If that analogy is completely lost on you then you’re going to have to download the message from our website once it’s up). Any how, my point was made that much [...]

Not-so-frivolous-Friday!

A little while ago I posted a blog about The tendency of Presidents of the USA to ‘grey’ rather quickly after their ‘ascension’ to the most powerful political office in the world. I suggested that it wouldn’t take much longer than a year for Obama’s hair to grey. In today’s world of political, economic, and [...]

Experiments in translation (2)!

Lately I’ve been thinking, praying, and talking a lot about the Church as an ‘experiment in translation’. I’m really committed to the idea of ensuring that the community to which I’ve been called to serve will experience the love of God through The Well with as little ‘religious’ fanfare and undertone as possible. I’m expurgating [...]

Are you human?

This will probably be my last post on the Human Event conference… until the next one! I know, I know, I sound confused and confusing. The truth is there’s still so much to ‘unpack’ that I’m not inclined to just ramble on and on because I feel obligated to share something I’ve learned. Frankly, many [...]

Experiments in Translation!

I’ve spent the last two days at a conference in downtown Orlando, overlooking beautiful Lake Eola. It’s been amazing, life-changing, challenging, inspirational… shall I go on? Seriously it’s been incredibly refreshing and I’ve begun new relationships that will no doubt serve to further challenge and strengthen me over the next phase of my ministry. The [...]

Instant Gratification

Recently I wrote an article in which I suggested that, if we had any idea as to where we’d be and what we’d be doing in the future, it would inform the choices and decisions we make today. I don’t know about you, but sadly, as a pastor I’ve had the unfortunate ‘task’ of having [...]