It’s hard to believe that The Gathering was four years old last month.  Where has the time gone? This has been one of the most fun, rewarding journeys of my life so far.

Since it has been awhile since I’ve really focused on the nature of the church, the meaning,… More

We finished our “Moneyology” series today, the last installment on how to save and invest for the long term.

It sounds odd to be talking about saving and investing in church.  It’s only true because of the woeful neglect we’ve given to teaching the biblical concepts of money, abundance and… More

I’ve had an overwhelming response to our new series called “Moneyology.” I knew people were hungry to learn the basics of how to win at life with money.  And all that’s been confirmed with the buzz that’s going on around The Gathering.

Today we talked about spending; some of… More

Today at The Gathering we continued in our current series, “Moneyology: How to Win at Life With Money,” with installment number 3, the Bible’s teaching on the essential nature of generosity.

Today I gave 10 reasons why I tithe.  A lot of controversy surrounds tithing.  As a matter of… More

Today at The Gathering we continued with our series, “Moneyology: How to Win at Life With Money” by talking about the first idea you must master if you’re going to enjoy your God-given blessings.  We talked about earning money the old-fashioned way: by working.

Every day on TV in… More

We launched the new year at The Gathering with a timely study on money; not just preaching for it or against it, not begging people to give more of it, but really stepping back to get an understanding of what the Scriptures really teach about money, and how we… More

It’s hard to believe this is the last Sunday of 2010.  For some of us this has been a pivotal year: good things have happened, breaks have gone our way; while for others, it’s been devastating.  Some who have worked a lifetime have lost it all.  Others who had good… More

Today @ The Gathering we completed our series, “Yea God” with a talk entitled, “Yea God; You Love Outsiders and Underdogs.” If you think Christmas is not an epic idea that has revolutionized the world, you need to think again.

Today we talked about why the ultimate insider,… More

Today @ The Gathering we continued our current series, “Yea God! The 8 Things You Won’t Learn About God in Church,” with installment number 7, “Yea God; With You, Timing is Everything.”

I really enjoyed speaking today, more academically than I usually do; in other words, talking about history… More

Today at The Gathering I gave a talk entitled, “Yea God: With You, All Things Are Possible.”

I wonder if we still believe that, even those of us who call ourselves Christians, that truly nothing is impossible with God.  Today we talked about… More

Today at The Gathering we continued in our current series “Yea God: Eight Things About God You Can’t Learn in Church” with “Yea God: You’re Partial to Rednecks and Rebels.”

It’s hard to predict where greatness comes from.  We think we know.  We think it’s in education,… More

Today at The Gathering we continued in our current series “Yea God: Eight Things You Can’t Learn About God in Church” with the installment entitled, “Yea God: You Give the Best Gifts.”

One of the saddest tragedies I’ve ever witnessed (and I witness it way too often)… More

Today we continued our series “Yea God!” with the installment entitled, “Yea God: Your Way is the High-Way.”

I’m afraid sometimes we go to church and assume too much.  We assume we understand what the gospel is, or that we even hear it.

So today we took a… More

Today @ The Gathering we continued our current series with installment number two, “Yea God; You’re a Creative Genius With Mud.”

What I attempted to do was to simply, logically walk through several steps that we need to understand, comprehend, and embrace, if we’re going to think… More

Today @ The Gathering we started a brand new series called “Yea God!” For the next 8 weeks, we’re going to focus on the nature of God: who He is, what He offers, and how we relate to Him in a real world, on a day-to-day… More

I’m sad to see our current series, “Accept No Mediocre Marriage,” come to an end this morning, but it’s been a great journey, and the feedback has been tremendous.

We ended our time on the subject of marriage by talking about divorce and the… More

Today was installment number nine in our current series, “Accept No Mediocre Marriage: The Top Ten Things They Don’t Tell You Before You Say ‘I do’.”

That subtitle doesn’t apply anywhere more importantly than it does with the issue of sex.  Think about it. The two most important things in… More

We continued our series, “Accept No Mediocre Marriage,” with part 8.  If you’re in debt and broke, this is what you should do.

That’s how so many people feel, “What should I do?”  Before you do anything, you have to understand what got you to where you are. … More

Today @ The Gathering we continued our series, “Accept No Mediocre Marriage,” talking about conflict.

It is absolutely impossible for two wounded people to live together without conflict. The conflict isn’t the problem. It’s how we deal with it. So today we talked about confronting conflict in a healthy… More

Today @ The Gathering we continued in our current series “Accept No Mediocre Marriage” by dealing with how you help your mate make the changes they need to make.

One of the neat things about today’s talk was I interviewed my wife Paula for the first 10… More

Today @ The Gathering we continued with installment #5 in our current series “Accept No Mediocre Marriage: The Top Ten Things They Don’t Tell You Before You Say ‘I do.’”  We talked about the importance of communication in marriage.

We talked about the power of words: the… More

Today @ The Gathering we continued our series “Accept No Mediocre Marriage: The Top Ten Things They Don’t Tell You Before You Say ‘I do.’”  We talked about the importance of having mission, vision, and goals in your marriage.

In a recent Tennessean article it was noted that… More

Today @ The Gathering we talked about trust in marriage.  Everyone knows it’s important, but too few of us know how it works.

It’s really important that you understand that relationships are like any other endeavor in life.  You can want them to work.  You can pray for them… More

Today was the second week in our 10-week series, “Accept No Mediocre Marriage: the Top 10 Things They Fail to Tell You Before you Say, ‘I Do’”

Today we talked about the importance of the families we come from and what baggage we often bring into… More

It’s been a long time since I’ve been this enthusiastic about a new series.  It seems that each one is unique and different, and has its own special place in my heart.  But this new series, “Accept No Mediocre Marriage” has to be the singular passion of my life as… More

We wrapped up our summer series today @ The Gathering.  It’s been a great journey. In the past twelve weeks we’ve talked about 12 Steps Up: How Messy People Mature Over Time.

The genius of the 12-Step program, in my opinion, is that in the process of… More

One of the most important questions you’ll ever answer for yourself of course is, “Where do I today stand with God?” That’s what we talked about today as we continued in our series, 12 Steps Up: How Messy People Mature.

In Step 11 of AA it states, “We’ve sought through… More

There’s an interesting statement made in 1 John 3 that goes like this:  “If our conscience is clear, we can come to God with perfect assurance and trust.”

Two words that stand out there are conscience and perfect. If our conscience is… More

Today @ The Gathering we continued with Step #9 in our series, “12 Steps Up.” It’s the step in AA that may be the hardest. And that is, to be willing to face up to the stupid things we’ve done, the people we’ve… More

Today @ The Gathering we talked about one of the most powerful steps in any person’s growth; and that is the ability, the willingness, and the strategy to extend forgiveness and grace to those who have wounded us.

We talked about the four kinds of people who wound us: those… More

Today @ The Gathering we continued our summer series, 12 Steps Up. We’ve been talking about how messy people mature over time.

Today we talked about Step #7, Grow Up.  Growing up means I get out of the shallow end of… More

Today @ The Gathering we continued our summer series “12 Steps Up: How Messy People Mature” with Step #6, talking about Gearing Up.  Gearing up for what?  Gearing up to truly change, not just repeat old failures and past religious hang-ups.

To truly change we have to believe that… More

Today @ The Gathering we continued our series, “12 Steps Up: How Messy People Mature.” We talked about the importance of relationships.  You were made and created for relationships. And yet our own woundedness has a way of getting in the way of… More

Today @ The Gathering we talked about Step #4 in the 12 Steps Up series: Lighten Up.  We talked about why we often carry around burdens that weigh us down, rob us of our joy, leave us feeling lethargic with no energy, and… More

Today @ The Gathering we continued our series “12 Steps Up: How Messy People Mature” with Step 3: Line Up.

Here is the problem most people have with religion and spiritual things. They believe it’s just about believing certain things: “I believe certain things about God, certain truth statements… More

What does God want from you?  If you listen to a lot of religious talk, you’ll get an endless list of: your house, your car, your life, your money, your kids – everything.  And often times you’ll leave confused thinking, “Why did God give me all these things if he… More

Today we began a brand new series entitled “12 Steps Up.” We’ll be talking about how messy people mature over time. We’re using the 12 Steps of AA in making application in our everyday lives; not just how we defeat the demons of our addictions, but how we actually grow… More

Well now that we’re working hard to recover from the flood here in Nashville, I can’t think of a better time to talk about not just how to start over, but how to start something new, fresh, bold, and exciting.

Often times in church we talk about theoretical things.  Hardly… More

What better subject to talk about the week after the devastating floods here in Nashville than the subject of stress?  It’s not how to avoid stress that’s the concern.  You can avoid stress by being dead.  Every living thing is under stress of some kind.  Stress all by… More

Where in the world do you go to learn about what money is and how it works?  Sometimes it’s very difficult to find sane resources of advice.

Oftentimes our parents don’t know any more about how to manage money than we do.  My parents didn’t teach me because… More

How often do we try to live our lives without making plans?  And yet think about how much of our lives demands planning: money, family, time; time to take care of our bodies, our minds, and our souls.

You know all of this requires a plan.  Today we… More

One of the most frequently asked questions I receive is, “How do you hear from God?” “How do you know what God wants you to do?”  “How do you make the right decisions and how do you get the guidance?”  “Is there… More

Today at The Gathering we began a brand new series entitled, “HOW.” This is my effort to just make the gospel and life with God as plain and simple as I know how.

Here is what I am afraid of: that a lot of us celebrate Easter… More

You have two choices in life, it seems to me: one, be a taker, the other, be a giver.

The takers are easy to spot.  We’ve seen them, been abused by them; some of us are even married to… More

Sometimes we think we are the only ones who live in a world where we constantly face fear, frustration, and futility.  But nothing could be further from the truth.

There is no way to grow out of the need to respond… More

If there is such a thing as one main problem that faces people world over, it’s the problem of fear.

Every day we are challenged to conquer our fears.  And yet oftentimes they conquer us.  I’ve found there are three things that go on inside when fear… More

For those who think that the Scriptures are antiquated, out of touch, and too hard to understand, how about this one: “If you wait for perfect conditions, you’ll never get anything done.”  How much more practical can you get than that?

Today at The Gathering we talked… More

Before I talk about the content of the day, I want to just say something about the importance of gathering with good people.  I discovered today as much as anytime in my life doing what I do, that people have a deep effect on how you’re able to… More

It’s not hard to see we live in a world filled with posers, pretenders, and power-hungry people.  Every day we meet people who are trying to sell themselves as what deep down they are not.  Let me tell you that after working with thousands of people over a… More

Today @ The Gathering we brought our current series, “Inspire Greatness” to a conclusion with the message, “You Attract What You Are.” If you wonder why you don’t have stronger friendships and better people in your life, ask yourself this question: … More

One of the most important fears we all face is risk.  And yet to risk nothing is to risk losing everything.  This is a principle of life that can’t be ignored or denied; only understood, obeyed, and profited from.

As we think about risk and being born into… More

In Florida they race dogs.  What I’ve discovered about how they get these dogs to run so consistently and so fast is that they starve them and then put out in front of them, a rabbit.  And they chase the rabbit around the track.  The amazing thing is… More

One of the most powerful truths that you’ll ever entertain is that you can create your life out of your thoughts.  As a matter of fact, your way of thinking is what’s gotten you to where you are today – good or bad. … More

As we begin a brand new year and a new decade, what better time to talk about inspiration?  That’s what we all need, isn’t it, to make this year better than the year before.

If all we do… More

Today we finished our current series, “They Promised Me Chocolate,” with the message entitled, “Everyone Limps. A Few Dance.”

When people think about you, they are going to think about one of two things:

1.The inspiration you were; how you were able to take the hand you were dealt and… More

Today at The Gathering in our series, “They Promised Me Chocolate,” we turned our focus to what are the best gifts in life.  At Christmas time we run around intent on trying to find that one perfect… More

Today at The Gathering we continued in our present series, “They Promised me Chocolate” by dealing with the disappointments we often face at work.

One of the most interesting questions in all of Scriptures is the question Solomon asked, “What does the worker gain from his toil?”  If work… More

Today @ The Gathering we continued with installment number 7 in our current series, “They Promised Me Chocolate: The True Confessions of a Disappointed Christian.”

Remember we’ve been talking about getting honest about our disappointments. There is absolutely no way to go through life without facing… More

Today @ The Gathering we continued our current series, “They Promised Me Chocolate” with installment number 6, by dealing head-on with marriage and why so many men seem to be stuck in miserable or mildly tolerable marriages.

We dealt with the three downgrades we’re confronted with subtly, … More

Today we continued our series, “They Promised Me Chocolate: The True Confessions of a Disappointed Christian,” with installment number five, “I’m Not Crazy, but I Am a Carrier.

Oftentimes we become our own worst enemy.  We like to blame it on culture, our parents, or the people we work with. … More

We continued our present series “They Promised Me Chocolate: The True Confessions of a Disappointed Christian.”

Nothing is more disconcerting than being disappointed with God. And yet, how many people are?  Even people who claim to be Christians don’t seem to really be enjoying their life with God. … More

Today @ The Gathering We continued our current series, “They Promised Me Chocolate” with installment number 3, “My Family Tree Gave Me Splinters.”

One of the most difficult realities new face in life is that it seems as if the very people at the core of our lives, those… More

Many years ago I lived in Huntsville, Alabama and while there, I worked for an engineering firm that contracted out to NASA.  In the first days of my employment I met one of the most unique people I’ve every met.  His name was “Bulldog.”

Bulldog was a… More

Today we began what I think is one of the most important series I’ve ever done; a series that confronts, head-on, a dirty little secret; the things that we don’t want to admit as Christians.

Think about how over-hyped God is in churches.  If you love God… More

Today @ The Gathering we welcomed guest speaker, Ron Edmonson founding pastor of Grace Community Church in Clarksville, who taught from Luke 5:12 – 15.  Listen to the podcast of his message and ask yourself these questions:

1.  Most of us have something in our story we don’t… More

On October 25^th The Gathering will be having a baptism service.  In preparation for that, I thought it was time for me to do a teaching on what baptism is and isn’t.

Before we can understand what baptism is, we need to identify the three errors that… More

We finished our series “What’s Your Big Hurry?” today @ The Gathering with installment number 8 entitled, “Someday We All Go Back to Zero.”

We talked about the three gifts God gives us on our life’s journey:

1. The gift of hello, which guarantees that there

… More

I have a confession to make.  I’m a people-pleaser.  And guess what, so are you.  Everyone is to some degree or another,  But it is the degree to which we give into that impulse that we lose our lives and live by impulse and temptation.

Trying to please people may… More

Today @ The Gathering we talked about compassion.  There’s an Old Testament reference in the book of Amos where the shepherd fought for the sheep even though he was only going to be able to save two legs or the piece of an ear.  What a beautiful imagery of… More

Today at The Gathering I finished our present series, “The Power To Prevail,” with the last installment, “Turning Failure Into Fertilizer.”

We talked about the three main reasons we fail.

1.    Sometimes we fail because of circumstances. The stock market goes south, a market shifts, we get our… More

Today at The Gathering we continued in our current series, “The Power To Prevail: Turning Adversities Into Advantages.”

Today we talked about taking stress, something we all experience as long as we’re alive, and turning it into strength; something few us seem able to do because we don’t know… More

Today at The Gathering we continued in our current series, “The Power To Prevail.”  This is based on my book, “The Power To Prevail.”

I’ve set up a web site called ThePowerToPrevail.com where you can go and get a free course in The Power To Prevail delivered straight… More

Today @ The Gathering we continued in our current series. “The Power To Prevail,” with an installment entitled, “Turning Your Can’ts Into Cans.”

This is a really serious concept because so many people you hear talking, talk about their can’ts; not their cans: what they might do… More

Today at The Gathering we continued in our current series, “The Power To Prevail,” with part two, “Turning Fear Into Faith.”

We live in a time gripped by fear.  And because fear is so prevalent and so destructive, we tend to think all fear is… More

Today at The Gathering we completed our first series of the year, “4 Dumbest Things We Do During Down Times,” with installment number four, “We Wait It Out and Get Left Behind.”

This is a talk about the true meaning of patience; that virtue that sees us… More

Today at The Gathering we continued in our current series, “4 Dumbest Things We Do In Down Times,” with installment number three, “We Sell Short And Get Short-Changed.”

You know what selling short is; it’s buy at one price, sell at a loss.  And you do it,… More

Today at The Gathering we talked about the second dumbest thing we do during down times.  It’s called downsizing.   We hear a lot about it as corporate America tries to adjust itself to the new realities of the wall-less, wireless, worn-out world.

The first thing we talked about were… More

Today @ The Gathering we officially kicked off the Christmas season as we began our brand new series entitled, “Surviving Christmas: How to get through Christmas in one Peace.”

The whole theme of Christmas is Peace. The world needed peace, cried out for peace, was dying for… More

Today at The Gathering was an exciting time as people gathered from all over metro Nashville to experience worship in a loving, safe, caring environment.  It really is true that The Gathering is becoming a great church people love going to.  It’s evidenced in what you see going on… More

Before I say anything about what happened today at The Gathering, I’ve got to stop and give a big shout out to all my Gathering brothers and sisters on our amazing baptism service last week.  We went out and did exactly what I hoped we would do.  And that… More

Today @ The Gathering we continued our new series entitled, “Mastering My Emotional Monsters” what to do when you don’t feel the way you want to.  During today’s message, part two, we talked about “What To Do When You Feel Lonely.”

During these kinds of uncertain times,… More

Today @ The Gathering we began a brand new series entitled, “Mastering My Emotional Monsters” what to do when you don’t feel the way you want to.

I’m always sad to see one series go, in this case, “Chasing Balance.” What a great… More

Today @ The Gathering we completed our series, “Chasing Balance” with the seventh principle, the principle of renewal.

We discovered the four enemies of balance in our lives.  They are:

1.    The enemy of greed.
2.    The enemy of jealousy.
3.   … More

Today @ The Gathering was incredible and both services were exciting with so many new faces coming from all over to hear the message of hope.  Our vision that The Gathering would come to be a great church that people love coming to has come true right before our… More

Today @ The Gathering we continued in our present series, “Chasing Balance” with installment number four, the principle of “Rhythm.”

If it’s important to work, it’s also important to rest. Striking the balance of working enough and resting enough is a lifelong discipline.

Usually, most Americans… More

Today @ The Gathering we continued in our present series, “Chasing Balance” with installment number three, “Engage,” striking the right balance between trying and trusting.

It was David’s son Solomon who made this profound statement: “A man can do nothing better than to eat and drink and… More

Today @ The Gathering we continued our new series entitled, “Chasing Balance” with positive principle number two, the principle of “Flow.”

After having built a solid foundation, we’re able to live each and every day out of the overflow of that relationship. What relationship? The relationship to… More

Today @ The Gathering we began a brand new series entitled, “Chasing Balance.” In this series we’re talking about the seven positive principles that will help you succeed in your pressure-packed life.

All of us face pressure. Too many of us think it’s bad and think that… More

Today @The Gathering we finished up our current series, “We Don’t Do Fear,” with a talk entitled “Let’s Make A Ding In The Universe.”

The mantra that was introduced is the branding statement for The Gathering, or what we want people to be able to say is simply, More

Today @ The Gathering we continued in our present series with a talk entitled, “Let’s Be The Change We Seek.”

The hope of the world is the message of the gospel. The only movement charged with the teaching and spreading of that gospel is the church of… More

Today @ The Gathering we continued with part two of our present series, “We Don’t Do Fear,” with an installment entitled, “Let’s Get Our Story Straight.”You can’t talk about the Good News until you first talk about the bad news. Because good news is… More

Today @ The Gathering we completed our nine-week series “You Got Great Potential” with the last essential of an extraordinary life, a long-look ability. We talked about the importance of perseverance and determination, and how we live today will determine not only our success, but our legacy. The Scriptures… More

Today @ The Gathering we continued in the series, “You Got Great Potential,” with the message entitled, “You Gotta Stay Hungry.”

Today we dealt with the promise of Jesus that simply says, “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.”

Too… More

Today @ The Gathering we continued in the series, “You Got Great Potential,” with the message “Can I Have Your Business Card?” We talked about how extraordinary people multiply their efforts.

We started off being challenged to think of the possibilities. You can make one of these… More

Today @ The Gathering we continued in our current series “You Got Great Potential” with installment number three dealing with targeted energy.

In this series, we are dealing with the how-to’s of reaching your potential. All of us have it. The question is, are you living up… More

It’s hard to believe that this is only our second Easter @ The Gathering. It was awesome to see great crowds of people coming in with great expectations, and leaving, celebrating the real hope that we have in the here and now world of Jesus Christ.

We launched our… More

Today at The Gathering we continued with installment six in our series “7 Ways Weird Families Work” with way number five, “Weird Families Work When W.W.O.N.D.A. Reigns.”

The premise today is simply this: there is no winner in a war of words and high emotions.… More

Today @ The Gathering we continued our series “7 Ways Weird Families Work,” with the fourth installment entitled, “Weird Families Work When Promises Are Kept.”

God put us into families on the basis of covenants, not contracts, or civil ordinances. Covenants are written in our hearts with love… More

Today @ The Gathering we completed our series “Angry in America,” with the message entitled, “Anger Can Be a Beautiful Thing.”

In spite of what the myths about anger try to teach us, anger can be a beautiful thing. That has to be true because Jesus was… More

Today @ The Gathering we continued our series, “Angry in America,” with the message entitled “What to Do When Angry People Come After You.”

Too many of us think that Christianity is just about being right with God; about forgiveness of sin, and about going to heaven… More

Today @ The Gathering we continued our brand new series entitled “Angry In America” with the second installment, “I’m Angry Because Life is Unfair.”

It doesn’t take very long to realize that, while all men and women are created equal, life has a way of separating us.… More

Today @ The Gathering we continued the series “Finding My Motivation” with the 5th installment, “What to Do When There’s Not Enough of You to Go Around: How to live well, love well, and have a life all at the same time.”

We highlighted the More

Today @ The Gathering we continued the series “Finding My Motivation” with the 4th installment, “The 4 Most Draining Doubts a Human Can Have”

Today we learned about the 4 most important questions all of us as humans have to answer, and answer with great… More

Today @ The Gathering we heard the third installment of our new series, “Finding My Motivation,” with the message entitled “The #1 Sure-fire Cure for Killer Stress.”

The very best gift that God gives those who love Him is to live each and every day in the… More

Today @ The Gathering we introduced the new logo for The Gathering. It’s a logo that represents our philosophy of ministry in our 3 G-words; Gather, Grow, and Give.

We talked about the importance of each Christian committing him or herself to the mission of advancing the… More

Today @ The Gathering we dealt with the message “The Day God Screamed, ‘Lighten Up!’” The subtitle of this talk was “God came so that where there is night, there is light.”

We were encouraged today to “Lighten up.” Christmas means that light has come and… More

Today @ The Gathering we completed our current series, “Everything Begins With a Dream” with “Day 1+: The Day You Get Fired!”

During this talk we gained perspective on what happens when we achieve our goals or dreams. Oftentimes we stop right there, assuming that we’re done,… More

Today @ The Gathering we completed Day 7 in the life of a big, scary, audacious dream with the message entitled, “The Day You Refuse to Quit.”

Quitting is epidemic in our culture. Our economy is based on it. It’s called planned obsolescence. We buy things, use… More

Today @ The Gathering we continued the series entitled “Everything Begins With a Dream,” with “Day 5: The Day You Get Picky: How to find and form your own dream team.”

Here is the bottom line: Show me your friends and I’ll show you your… More

Today @ The Gathering we continued the series entitled “Everything Begins With a Dream,” with “Day 4: The Day You Steal a Brain.”

In real life there are three ways that we learn and advance. We learn from our own mistakes, oftentimes we fail to learn… More

Today @ The Gathering we continued with the series entitled “Everything Begins With a Dream,” with installment “Day 3: The Day The Facts Don’t Matter.”

Today we dealt with how to guard your dream against good advice. At the end of the day, advice is a good… More

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… More

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… More

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… More

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… More

Today @ The Gathering we continued in our series “7 Lies of Organized Religion,” with installment #4 entitled, “Bottom line: we’re in this mess because of women.”

This was an incredibly important talk, because historically women have not fared very well in religious terms. There… More

Today at The Gathering we covered part 2 of our series, “7 Lies of Organized Religion.” I talked on the subject, “The worse you feel, the godlier you are,” the shocking truth about God that religion wants to hide from you.

It’s really sad that… More

Today at The Gathering we started a brand new series entitled “7 Lies of Organized Religion; Exposing the subtle deceptions of dead religion.”

We began the series today with the message, “Obey us or we’ll cut you off.”

In this talk we learned about the… More

Join us this weekend at The Gathering when we’ll complete our current series “The 4 Laws of Water-skiing.”

This weekend we’ll deal with Law #4: The Law of Letting Go.” and talk about the 4 Great Fears all people face; fears that debilitate us and slow us… More

This week at The Gathering I continued our series “The 4 Laws of Waterskiing” with the second law, which is the “Law of Leaning.” The Law of Leaning states, “Hold onto the rope, lean back, and let the boat do the lifting.”

We desperately need to understand that Christianity… More

Today at The Gathering we returned to the last installment of our present series, “Loving God.” Today I spoke on “Welcome to the Revolution,” calling for the creation of a Renegade Nation.

One of the points I tried to make throughout “A Renegade’s Guide to God” is, though… More

Today at The Gathering I took a break from my series called “Loving God,” to speak on the subject “What Women Wish Men Knew.”

I thought since it was Mother’s Day it would be a really great time to talk about men/women relationships as taught from the Scripture, without being… More

Maybe it’s just me, but today at The Gathering was the best weekend we’ve ever had. People were coming with such joy and freedom, with great anticipation. It makes it so much easier as a speaker, to get the point across when people are leaning forward. It seems as though… More

Well, we had another weekend at The Gathering. The weather was incredible and people again came in a great mood. The worship time led by Ken and Barbie Isham, and others, was stellar. I love “Open the Eyes of My Heart”, “Great in Power,” and one of my favorites that… More

Well, this is the Sunday after Easter and we usually expect the attendance to be low, but in spite of the cold temperatures and the pouring rain, The Gathering’s attendance was amazing today.

I’m also amazed at how responsive both services are. Traditionally the 8:30 service is a little more… More

Today at The Gathering far exceeded my expectations. Almost every seat was taken in the early service, and every seat was taken with people standing in the aisles in the second service. Plus, when I came in, all the hallways were full of people talking and serving, loving kids and… More

This weekend at The Gathering was the sixth installment of our series “Loving God.” I related my visit this week to a state penitentiary. And what I took away was, from death row to maximum security, to all the different sections of the prison, there seemed to be a normalcy,… More

We had another awesome day at The Gathering. The weather was incredible, the sun was out, and people were coming in straight from the parking lot in a great mood. What lesson did I learn today? Going to church ought to be a happy thing. Gathering together ought to be… More

Well today at The Gathering took an unplanned turn for me. On my way in I found out that my wife, Paula had been seriously injured in the process of setting up, which what she does every Sunday morning without fail. And she is incredibly great at it. One of… More