Lattes, Whoppers and Variety (click here to listen)

an interesting question came to my mind, "what exactly is a latte?" So I looked it up. The word "Latte" comes form the Italian word for milk and Café is the word for - you guessed it - the word for coffee. Put them the 2 together and what do you get? Coffee plus milk equals a "café latte"- what most of us affectionately call, "a latte". But the latte doesn't end there! You can add your favorite flavor to the café latter creating a white chocolate mocha latte, a hazelnut latte, vanilla, or a coconut latte. Our local coffee shops are both currently serving the "pumpkin spice latte," (how good can this really be)? A LOT MORE here

Experience VS Mentors

Recently I had the opportunity to observe a young lady (late teens - early 20's) who was going through a very difficult separation with her boyfriend. I heard one family member say - (well meaning of course) - "I had to learn the hard way too." The idea of that comment stems from the old phrase "Experience is the best teacher." But I am here today to offer an alternative philosophy. Do we really want experience to be our mentor? No my friends experience is not the best teacher - mentors are the best teachers. more

Our Need to Connect

Today I am at a local coffee shop in Albany GA. This is brand new place in the area and is already catching on. I spend about 10 hours a week here doing emails, writing blogs, working on my book, and visiting with pastor friends and such. But why? Why don't I do the normal pastor thing and go the office? Because people connect here. ...more

Perspective - Its all in how you look at it (click here to listen)

I want to talk about perspective.

I am the proud father of three wonderful daughters. The youngest is just 15 years old. Well, a few days ago, Brianna challenged me on something. This was not a real big issue but non he less important to me…or at least it use to be...now that an 11 year old was gone.
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Tracking the storm of the NEW divorce

I am making a proclamation today that will shock some, cause confirmation to others and others to doubt. There is a storm that I am tracking called divorce. This storm is worse then the 50% divorce rate inside the church that already exists. The storm that I am tracking is woman divorcing unbiblically...more