Random Stuff

(1) So yesterday I drove up to Richmond to be interviewed for a video that will be shown at the Exponential Conference. It's on "Mother-Daughter" church plants, so they interviewed me and Brett Andrews, who is the Lead Pastor at New Life the church I worked at before Forefront. They helped us to get started, so they are the "mother" and we are the "daughter." I asked the interviewer dude if we could get some shots of me breastfeeding off of Brett, but I couldn't quite latch on to his nipple. (Okay, the guy wouldn't let me breastfeed, but I did ask!)

Anyway, Brett had a great quote in his interview. He said something like, "God uses guys with independent spirits to start new churches. And if that guy doesn't repent of his independent spirit, it will break him." That is really true! So church planter guys, have you repented yet? Do you understand why you have to?

(2) So my publisher told me I should put a "Google Alert" on my computer to let me know when someone mentions my book, so I can see what they're saying. This can lead a person to become a lot like Mel Gibson in Conspiracy Theory (I now have copies of Catcher in the Rye lining every wall in my house). Anyway, recently someone mentioned my book in a post, so I took a little time to check out her blog and it's very entertaining. So I think this is the first time I've ever given another blog a shout out, but here you go: http://emilythestrange.wordpress.com. Enjoy your reading...

(3) Recently someone told me about the Navpress bible study series, Living the Letters. I'm using it to read through Philippians and it's very cool. You might want to check it out.

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