This past week, I got a letter in the mail saying my mom has unclaimed property—Oil and Gas royalties that were a part of an inheritance. It is a huge blessing, but we knew nothing about it until I read that letter. Legally it has been hers, but because we didn’t know about it, we…
DetailsI spoke on Generosity last weekend. I always have a love/hate relationship with this topic. I think that’s true for most leaders. I talked about why it’s one of the most important character traits to develop in our culture because we’re struggling with a serious spiritual disease. We keep looking to money and stuff to…
DetailsI just got back from the Explore God debrief. 377 Austin-area churches came together this fall to invite all of Austin into spiritual conversation. We estimate some 400,000 spiritual conversations happened this fall. We had spiritual discussions happening in the pub in my neighborhood, at five Austin Police Department stations, in jails, and in homes…
DetailsAt Gateway Church we’re going through a 3 part series to help with character development. Inspired by Uprising: A Revolution for the Soul by Erwin McManus, I’m tackling these three topics: Captain Status Quo: The Courage to Face Monday Epic Mom: Real Wisdom in a Busy World Cubicle Guy: Generosity on a Budget Here are some thoughts on…
DetailsI read the prayers on card after card—1000s of cards representing lives changed by God. I soaked it in, realizing how rare it is to visibly see what God is secretly doing. We just celebrated 15 years of God’s life-giving work among us at Gateway Church. We had people write prayers of thanks to the…
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