- Such an awesome day yesterday
- We had our highest non-holiday attendance ever!
- So amazing how God continues to grow our church
- We had to add more chairs, which we almost ran out of
- I preached on one of my favorite passages yesterday, John 10
- Had someone else take the step of following Jesus
- We’ve had at least 1 person every week for the last month
- Never gets old seeing people start following Jesus
- If you missed it, you can listen to it here
- I had my fantasy football draft last night with some guys from church
- Can’t wait for football to start
- So ready
- If you’re curious, you can see my team here
- This week, our paperwork should be submitted to the embassy in Ethiopia to bring our son home
- This is a huge step, so pray that nothing slows it down
- You can read Katie’s last blog post (and see some pictures) on the journey here and here
- We still need to raise close to $3,000 to bring him home, so if you would like to help us, you give a tax deductible gift here
- Every little bit helps
- Wednesday we are shooting our 5 year anniversary video
- So excited to celebrate what God has done on September 15th and look towards the future
- Lord willing, this time next year we will begin preview services for Revolution Church|Midtown
- Speaking of midtown
- This past week, I got to spend some time with some pastors leading or planting churches in midtown praying together for each other and our churches
- Love the unity that God is bringing to Tucson
- Definitely a change since we moved here 7 years ago
- Got to go and buy the fabric Katie will use to make our kids halloween costumes yesterday
- A princess, 2 crusaders and 2 vikings
- Should be pretty funny
- Our boys are excited that they get weapons
- Yes, we go trick or treating
- Here’s why
- Friday on date night, Katie and I went to see The Butler
- So good
- Adopting a child of another race, the movie made a huge impact on me and the history of our country and world
- Til next week…
Tag Archives: fantasy football
Fake Football is Here!
I had my fantasy football draft last night. Pretty excited about it. I won the league last year and it is a keeper league, so we could keep 4 players. It’s a 12 team league with points per reception. Here’s my draft. The (K) means they were a keeper:
- AJ Green
- Adrian Peterson (K)
- Darren McFadden
- Daryl Richardson
- Reggie Wayne (K)
- Giovani Bernard
- Shane Vereen
- Golden Tate
- Ryan Broyles
- Justin Blackmon
- Danny Amendola (K)
- Colin Kapernick (K)
- Jordan Cameron
- Brian Hartline
- New York Jets Defense
- Jacquizz Rodgers
This post simply means football is almost here!
Links I Like
- Redeeming fantasy football.
- Steve DeWitt on Fighting for purity in your life.
- Beginners guide to visiting someone in the hospital.
- Joe Thorn on Testing for pride.
- How NOT to witness.
- Chris Sprad on 5 tips on raising boys to be men of God and 5 tips on raising girls to be women of God.
Fantasy Football: The Night Fury
For the 3 of you who care, here is my fantasy team. I had the last pick in a 12 team snake draft. And it’s a keeper league. Feeling pretty good about my draft.
- Matt Forte
- Cam Newton
- A.J. Green
- Wes Welker
- Antonio Brown
- Shonn Green
- Reggie Wayne
- Rashard Mendenhall
- Santonio Holmes
- Jacquizz Rodgers
- Dustin Keller
- Ryan Williams
- Daniel Thomas
- Davone Bess
- New England
- Rob Bironas
My Fantasy Team
For the 3 of you who are wondering about my fantasy team, I had my draft last night and here is how it turned out. I had the 6th pick in a 12 team league. It was interesting as we drafted individual defensive players instead of defenses.
- Rashard Mendenhall
- Roddy White
- Matt Ryan
- Desean Jackson
- Santonio Holmes
- Jahvid Best
- Brandon Pettigrew
- Joseph Addai
- Steve Smith (CAR)
- Ray Lewis
- Jonathan Stewart
- A.J. Green
- Ryan Fitzpatrick
- Mike Williams
- Thomas Jones
- Jacoby Ford
- Troy Polamalu
- Jared Allen
- Jay Feely
Felt pretty solid about my draft and my team is called Captain Awesome.
Saturday Night Mind Dump…
- Tonight was a great night at Revolution
- Dove into the question, “Is Jesus really God?”
- Obviously, one could talk for hours on that question
- Love the way my sermon came together and how I re-wrote it at 3:30 while at Starbucks
- Love how God continues to speak and give ideas for a sermon
- It was awesome to hear the conversations tonight about the sermon
- Love how God is challenging people every week at Revolution
- Here is a page of recommended resources on the topic of where Jesus was before coming to earth, why He died on a cross, how we know He rose from the dead, where He is now and how we know He will return (use this as a resource for yourself, but also pass it along to others who have questions in these areas)
- If you missed tonight, you can listen to it here
- To keep up on what is happening at Revolution, be sure to become a fan on facebook
- We announced tonight that Christe is stepping down as our admin
- It is sad to see her go, but excited about what is ahead for her and our church
- The cool thing is that her and Dave are going nowhere and will still be leading small groups
- Got to tell a pastor today about all the things God is doing right now at Revolution
- The list is quite long and incredible
- I’m blown away every week by the amount of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd time guests
- All the next steps people keep taking
- If you need a laugh, check this out
- Definitely feeling the pace from the last few weeks of speaking on Sundays in other churches
- Looking forward to taking a break from that
- So excited about the newcomer’s brunch tomorrow
- Love hanging with new Revolutionaries, hearing how they found Revolution, what they think of it and talking about the mission of our church
- One of my favorite parts of my job
- Reading two books right now that are really challenging me: The Gathered AND Scattered Church and The Executive and the Elephant
- I have my phone interview with Acts 29 this week, really excited about Revolution joining the Acts 29 network
- I now need to look at my fantasy rosters and make sure I’m all set to continue my dominance in my 2 leagues
Saturday Night Mind Dump…
- Tonight was a night where I didn’t speak and got to attend church, a rare treat
- Felt weird though
- Dave did a great job preaching tonight
- It’s nice to have guys who can preach to give me a night off
- He talked about how Christians get so caught up in different ideas and agendas (not all of them bad or even unbiblical) but that in the process, we lose sight of the gospel
- The message of 2 Timothy is fight for the gospel
- The gospel is the answer, it is the only thing that changes lives, always fall back on that, always rest in that, always push that
- The gospel should be our only agenda
- I’ll get off my soapbox
- 🙂
- Equally cool is seeing our band step up and take the challenge of cover songs
- We did a Skillet song a few weeks ago, but tonight they hit a home run with a Panic at the Disco song
- Wow
- Because I wasn’t preaching, I was bored before the service so I just walked around
- It was amazing to see all the people who show up early to make Revolution happen each week
- It is humbling to see everyone and how bought in they are and wanting to make Revolution great each and every week
- We seriously have the best staff and volunteers on the planet
- We shot a video after church tonight that we will use next Saturday during one of the worship songs that is going to be powerful
- So ready for football season to be here
- Even though my Steelers will probably have a rough start, any football is good football
- Got 2 fantasy drafts tomorrow night, one with some guys from Revolution and one with a bunch of pastors in Tucson
- Right now, I’m in this weird funk right now and I’m not sure why
- I’d appreciate your prayers
- Had a really hard week that left me feeling beat up
- Which means God knew what he was doing by doing it before a holiday weekend so I can recover
- Looking forward to 2 days with nothing but hanging out with Katie and the kids
- Thinking about hiking one of those days
- So cool seeing our fall small groups filling up
- I think at least one of them is already full and a few are getting close, so don’t wait
- For more info, check this out
- One of the cool things that has been happening every week at Revolution is a bunch of first time guests
- Love meeting them, hearing how they found Revolution and how much they like it
- Sweet
- The coolest part is almost all of them came with someone
- Way to go Revolutionaries!
- Speaking of tonight’s sermon, here are two great links on how Christians should live out their faith: here is Russell Moore’s take and Chuck Colson’s take
- You definitely don’t want to miss next week
- I’ll be preaching about how to have freedom and fight the sin in your life
- If you or someone you know would love to have freedom in their life from something but can never seem to find it, then you need to bring them next week
- It will be powerful