Well, it’s been over a week since I’ve posted anything, consider a short blog sabbatical. With that said, I’m back and ready to dive back into the blogging world! So much has happened over this last week and half, so here’s a quick rundown: We’re getting ready to host a CMN Church Planting & Church [...]
Archive for May, 2009
Took a Blog Sabbatical…but I’m Back!
Posted in Uncategorized on May 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Great News from the MCM Network!
Posted in MCM-Pitt, tagged BridgePoint Church, Church Plants, Element Church, MCM on May 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This past Sunday we had some exciting things happen in a couple of our newer MCM church plants that I wanted to share with you all: BridgePoint Church, which launched last March, baptized 7 people this past Sunday! God is doing some great things through BPC in Tarentum. They are a very unique church in [...]
Happy Mother’s Day
Posted in Uncategorized on May 10, 2009 | 3 Comments »
In honor of mother’s day, I thought I’d post a short descriptive paragraph of my mother…here goes: “She is worth far more than rubies. Her husband has full confidence in her and lacks nothing of value. She brings him good, not harm, all the days of her life. She selects wool and flax and works [...]
The Newest Networking Technology
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Flutter, Twitter on May 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Over the last couple years, we’ve seen online social networking evolve and develop into a whole industry. Well, this last year I created a Twitter feed (check it out here), but I’ve found the next thing to replace Twitter. It’s amazing how quickly things are changing…check it out!
Solutions and Not Additions
Posted in Church Planting, tagged Meeting Needs in Church Planting, solution-oriented church planting on May 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In recent years, church planting has shifted from a calling that is avoided to one that is desired and celebrated. Because of this shift, you now see growing communities being saturated, and sometimes over-saturated, with new churches. Now I agree that as long as a community has non-Christians, it could still use a new church, [...]
The Thread
Posted in Uncategorized on May 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have recently begun contributing to a local networking website called Network Pittsburgh. I will be posting every couple weeks on this site with the topic of ‘The Relationship of Spirituality & Humanity’. Here’s an excerpt of my first post: “Throughout the history of mankind there has been a thread that has held humanity together. [...]
Lessons from the Pittsburgh Pirates
Posted in Church, tagged Lessons from Losing, Pirates Losing Seasons. Lessons from the Pirates, Pittsburgh Pirates on May 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Friday night I attended my second Pirates game of the season and needless to say , they’ve both been disappointing. The Pirates are currently tied for the record with 15 straight losing seasons. As frustrating as that can be for fans, there are a few lessons we can learn in the church world from the [...]
My High School Alma Mater
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Derry High School, Travis Deans on May 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This past week I had the privilege to attend an outreach in the gym I had spent countless hours running and playing in at Derry High School. During my senior year at Derry, I led the high school Bible club and dreamed of the day where my fellow students would come to know Christ. We [...]
