I am so incredibly psyched about today. There is so much to do right now that I am absolutely loving it. I love accomplishing tasks. It keeps me motivated knowing that I have a task in front of me.

Tonight I have my first meeting with the tech team guys. I am really excited about the chance to speak vision into their lives and allow them to see how they can find significance in light and sound. (Yes, they most certainly can find significance in that service!)

I also get to eat with our Children’s ministry team today. I love the time that we get to spend together with one another and just hang out and grow in our friendship. It’s awesome to see God working in all of our lives in different ways but at the same time growing us in the same direction for our ministry.

Tell me why you think tech people and their service is significant in the lives of your people.

I am a fan of this guy. Check him out. He is a big time guy to follow on relevance and the church. He believes the same as I do that being relevant is a part of the process. We want the church to define culture. That is his dream and vision. Check out this post by Scott Hodge that he did to see how we can get there.

I am just in reflection today of where God has brought me to. I am learning more and more about grace in my life right now. I think that God teaches us for different reasons or in different ways I guess.

You could learn after some event: for instance my time at UPS taught me that I am a much better leader than I thought that I was. Not to say that I am awesome but God gave me the opportunity and the reassurance that I can truly lead people. But only in hindsight did I learn that.

You could learn in the midst of a time in your life. Right now I am learning in the middle of my production job at Brookwood. I am learning graphic design, praise and worship strategy, and children’s ministry all at the same time on a consistent daily basis.

God can also teach you before you go through something. That’s where I have this feeling about what I am learning about grace right now. As most of you that read this blog already know, those that grow up in the church have the most difficulty understanding the idea of grace. I am beginning not only to learn this on a personal level but see other examples of it in my life. But why is God teaching me this at this time? There is coming a time where I will need this understanding for some reason.

Maybe it for when we have kids. Maybe its for my ministry. Maybe its for a friend. I don’t really know or have any inclination as to where, when or what this lesson’s end means is. But I don’t care.

Knowing more and more of the freedom that I enjoy in Christ is out of this world. I am so thankful for Brookwood (the most gracious church I have imagined!), my personal time with God that is teaching me through the book of 1 Samuel, and the people God has strategically placed around me to teach me this principal of grace! I am so incredibly blessed and can’t wait to see the hindsight part of this lesson. And I can’t wait to see the next lesson that God has for me. 

What is God teaching you? 

Just got done with our weekly children’s ministry staff meeting. I love going and hearing everything that is going on that is not necessarily in my realm of ministry. From having a baby dedication in June to the Taylor’s Helping Hands ministry. It is always incredible to hear encouraging words and vision casting from all different areas of the ministry. 

Tell me about your staff meetings. What do you do that might be different from what everyone else does during their staff meeting? How do you build community with your staffers?

Thanks for everything that you’ve done. I am appreciative of the sacrifices you’ve made. Thank you for the freedom that I have to worship freely and all of the other freedoms that I have thank you so much.