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Stretching Back To The Basics
Posted on 16. Feb, 2012 by frank.
My friend Jon is guest posting on my blog today, I’ve known Jon for about 10 years and I’m glad we’re still friends. He regularly writes on his own blog about how God is stretching him as a follower of Christ and if you connect with his thoughts today I’d encourage you to visit his [...]
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Sign Over Your Life
Posted on 07. Feb, 2012 by frank.
Our church is currently in a groups campaign called “not a fan.” That means our Sunday morning classes and mid-week small groups are engaged in a study that is in alignment with the teachings each Sunday. First let me say that the book and study by Kyle Idleman is great. He’s got a great sense [...]
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Strategic Resolutions
Posted on 04. Jan, 2012 by frank.
Don’t make the mistake of treating this year like every other. So often we go into a new year and get excited about a chance to start over, but we only set ourselves up for dissapointment. We pull together our goals and resolutions for the year and maybe one or two will get accomplished but [...]
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Let it Be Christmas
Posted on 19. Dec, 2011 by frank.
The recent series we’ve just finished here at Hope Summit has been great! I’m so thankful for our dedicated volunteers that have sacrificed extra time in preparation and serving. Each week the team prepared a different Beatles song and I tied the lyric into our life and the events surrounding the birth of Jesus. Often our culture is willing [...]
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Cat Herder’s Christmas
Posted on 15. Dec, 2011 by frank.
December 15th is National Cat Herders Day! The goofy holiday was created by a couple in California that has thought of a few funny holidays. This time of year I think many of us feel like we’re trying to accomplish the impossible, like herding cats. Family visits, parties with friends, children’s Christmas activities, and not [...]
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I Am Second
Posted on 14. Nov, 2011 by frank.
A few weeks ago we started a new series of teachings at Hope Summit called I Am Second. A while back, Norm Miller started a website where people share their story and quite a few people have shared their experience with God. College and pro football players, musicians, actors, actresses, ministers – many people from [...]
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Leadership Tension
Posted on 01. Nov, 2011 by frank.
As a leader I think tension can be a very healthy thing, especially when you keep it in the right places. Here is what I mean. I believe we should always maintain a healthy tension between providing guidance and maintaining control over the people we lead. Leaders I meet tend to gravitate toward one or [...]
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A Place of Hope
Posted on 19. Sep, 2011 by frank.
Have you personally experienced those moments where you wonder, “Where is God?” I think we’ve all been there at some point and for me it was the church and the relationships in a community of faith that kept me going. We often hear that its not the building that makes us a church its the [...]
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Hell is Real… But I Hate To Admit It
Posted on 22. Aug, 2011 by frank.
I’m so proud of my friend Brian. I had the privelege of serving with him and the team at Christ’s Church of the Valley for almost ten years. He recently was interviewed about his latest book Hell is Real But I Hate to Admit It. The book is filled with tough questions and Brian talks [...]
