“There’s no substitute for relational intimacy with Jesus. But it’s the one step that everybody wants to skip.” This past weekend, my pastor, Jimmy Carroll, made this enormous statement that has stuck with me since I heard it on Saturday night. And he’s exactly right. In the microwave, drive-thru, on-demand culture in which we live,…
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We had a great mother’s day weekend at Journey Church. It was exactly two years ago this weekend that Tasha and I led worship for the first time at Journey as guest worship leaders. Now, two years later, we’re proud to call Journey our home church and the sending church for our ministry. Pastor Jimmy…
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This morning I received an email from a fellow worship leader asking if I would clearly spell out my personal definition and biblical understanding of worship. So, I thought that what I would do is post it here on the ole bloggy blog with the hopes that it might be a help to many of…
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Standalone message today at Journey Church by none other than our own Paul Crouthamel. What a great dude! So passionate about community within the body–about seeing people plug into small groups–seeing people do life together–seeing believers hold each other accountable in their walks with Christ. Great message from Acts 2 about what real biblical community…
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In Judges 6-8 we read the amazing story of Gideon. Gideon was a young man whom God chose to be one of the great warriors who would deliver God’s people from the harsh rule of the surrounding Midianites. The ironic thing is that Judges 6:15 explains that Gideon came from the smallest tribe of Israel…
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