Thoughts from Pastor Steven

Archive for December, 2006

The night before Christmas

Wednesday, December 20th, 2006

Well, I guess every pastor who is in his right mind is spending a lot of his energy this week finding multiple ways to motivate his church: “Invite your friends and family to church this Sunday.”
I certainly am. And I make no apologies for it.
I think I freaked the staff out when I emerged from [...]

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Rocker to Pastor

Tuesday, December 19th, 2006

I’m headed to Nashville today to get things ready for the production of our live recording on February 11.
I’ll just note that the security people are particularly grumpy this morning. No Christmas spirit at 5:30 AM. Humbug.
I’m really pumped about this album, which will be the first true recording Elevation has done. But I’ll be [...]

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Chili at 8 AM

Monday, December 18th, 2006

Our staff has crossed the line. We’ve lost our minds.
We ate crockpot venison chili this morning.
At our 8am staff meeting.
Disgusting, you say?
That’s what Heather said. But she’s pregnant, and a girl.
It was kind of a dare that originated at our Christmas party.
And, I think, it will prove to be the secret to our success.
Kind of [...]

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Happy post

Sunday, December 17th, 2006

I know I posted a series of kind of cynical, grumpy, feisty entries this week about what it takes to be a church planter. A lot of you are new to this blog, and you might get the impression that I’m sort of a negative, condescending dude who thinks he’s got it figured out.
(No, we [...]

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