Impacting Culture

Almost one year ago I blogged about what God was stirring in my heart, to impact the areas of culture from within culture and specifically the area of music.  Here we are almost one year later and we still don’t have a worship director at Open Life.  We have...

Go and be!

I am constantly reminded that we must go and redeem, vs. asking those in need to come for help!  Today I sat in a minister’s network and heard a passionate appeal by a local police officer who works with youth.  He addressed some of the staggering needs in the lives...

Not just an excuse!

Do people just make excuses to not go to church, or does the church need to consider change as an option?  If we are going to reach people that have never been reached we must be willing to do things we have never done! I recently dialogued with a woman from another...

Finding the pursuit

There is something in believer’s lives that romanticizes sacrifice without finding the resulting pursuit. Have you ever heard someone say God has asked them to give something up, but yet they have nothing more fulfilling to offer from their sacrifice?  I find that...

Launching Early

I recently discovered a great creative forum called the 99%.  An article there resonates with me about launching early. I think Open Life launched early compared to many church models out there, but I also think it has been a mark of our success to this point.   We...