Today @ The Gathering we began a brand new series entitled “Everything Begins With a Dream.”
During this 8-part series we’ll be talking about the 7 days in the life of a big, scary, audacious dream; the 7 days that can take your life from boring to amazing, realizing that God placed you here for a [...]

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Football season is well under way and Tom Brady is up to his old tricks again, just being absolutely great. This year he has Randy Moss. You know, the incredible wide receiver who has great potential, but has been troubled in almost every place he’s been. Randy has fallen off the radar the past few [...]

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Today @ The Gathering we completed our series “7 Lies of Organized Religion,” with the last installment entitled, “God does mean well, but it’s really all up to you.”
Of all the religious lies, this one is the most deceptive and ultimately devastating. And it questions whether God is good or great or both by refusing [...]

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One of the constant fears people face is the fear of losing their job and with it their income and status. As you get older, your fear of being replaced at work and home with a younger, cheaper model can haunt you daily. The only way to confront this fear is to make sure that [...]

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Today @ The Gathering we continued in our current series “7 Lies of Organized Religion,” with installment #6 entitled, “The Bible was OK then, but we know better now.”
We talked about three current views of Scripture.
1. Some people view the Bible as an outdated book of rules. Who can blame them when [...]

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Every great company, great church, great endeavor has an engine at its core; something that drives it, sustains it, pushes it forward and then upward. It’s called a vision. It’s like an engine that sets the thermostat around which all the other systems and processes of an organization revolve.
A vision for a company is what [...]

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This sign appeared at my YMCA the other day. It is a typical response to change. Instead of building the sidewalk for the convenience of the people who use it to get into the building, let’s put up a cheesy, hand made sign that chastises people for walking the shortest route from the parking lot [...]

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Today @ The Gathering we continued in our current series “7 Lies of Organized Religion,” with installment #5 which says, “As long as you’re sincere, all roads lead to God.”
One of the major problems people have with Christianity is its exclusive claim, its truth-claim that Jesus Christ is indeed the way, the truth, and [...]

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