Today 10,000 in people Kansas City are praying and fasting for 10 hours. That’s 100,000 man hours of prayer or 11.5 years of someone praying 24/7 That’s 4,166 “National Days of Prayer” If the average person prayed for 2 hours a day, it would take them 137 years to pray 100,000 hours If five people [...]

We have finally gotten into a rhythm with the stage schedule, the bands and all that jazz (actually, nobody has played any jazz yet). I played my last prayer room set with Merchant Band yesterday, and tonight I will play my last set ever…. I’ll be wearing the old-school, traditional, button up shirt with a [...]

I have learned an exponential amount of information concerning leadership over the past several weeks, and especially over the past few days. Something I didn’t know before was the difference between group leadership and infrastructure leadership. Running the stage for 16 hours a day is pretty intense, but I am really having a blast. It [...]

1,000,000 TV viewers 10,000 people in the room 12 band members on the stage 3 sound guys making things work 2 leaders watching me 1 stressed out stage manager (me) I’ve never had to count down on a microphone to cue 10,000 people for a live TV show while picking up empty coffee cups, checking [...]

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WordPress plugins are what help WordPress to stand as a lone reed among the sands of other blogging platforms. Most plugins are free, easy to use, and – for the most part – absolutely brilliant. They will eat your spam, send you e-mail, backup your content and feed your readers. Here is my own list [...]

As the holidays are winding down, we look around and ask ourselves: “Is this all there is?” As you reflect on how the holidays were spent, think about this: Suppose everything went perfectly for you. Suppose you had the perfect trip and spent it with your dearest loved-ones. Say you gave just the right gift [...]

Every blogger gets it. Writer’s block. You want to write something, or perhaps you feel the need to write something, but as you stare at the computer screen nothing worthwhile is making it’s way through the keys. I’ve decided to give the Weekend Surveys a short vacation but I still want to leave my blog [...]