Why I Am Brutally Honest 1. I don’t like fake.  I hate it. I feel that is one of the biggest problems in the church today is fakeness! I feel like a plastic person not sharing what’s on my heart and mind. 2. It keeps my relationships healthy because my rawness causes me to deal…

HOW TO GAIN FAVOR WITH YOUR LEADER… 1. Understand their vision and heart 2. Exceed expectations 3. Praise them publicly and challenge them privately, not the other way around 4. Put the team’s success before personal success 5. Submit and line-up your vision with your leader’s vision 6. Don’t cause your leader problems by doing…

I’ve had the opportunity to spend time with some incredible pastors and Christian leaders.  One of the things that I notice about these spiritual leaders is their humility. I am continually blown away by their humility. Today, I’m going to share some signs of when pride may be creeping into the life of a leader.…

I have to admit, there are people, usually pastors, who speak into my life personally and through blog discussions that I read that impact me and my life greatly. In some of these posts, I will share some information and challenges that I have acquired through some of those relationships. We all learn from somebody……

I have been asked many times about our preparation and why we try to plan so much and so far ahead most times… I am encouraged when I read blogs by other pastors that I glean from or have relationship with and they operate in a similar type structure.  Here are some reasons why we…

Alot of people, including current leaders at Oasis Church, have asked about more leadership insights and ideas from me. I will be launching some thoughts in this blog as well as follow up with many other blog posts today and over the next couple of days. I must say, I have learned and gleaned from…

As I ponder meeting with all the leaders of Oasis and other civic and church leaders in the area this upcoming Sunday night at “Invigorate”, I have been studying more and more in the book of Numbers. Yes, Numbers. I will primarily be speaking from Numbers 12 Sunday night as I have been studying more…

We are entering the 2nd week of “At The Movies” at Oasis Church and WOW! Our goal is to reach 1000 in total attendance during this series and see hundreds of lives amazingly transformed by The Power of The Holy Spirit! Yesterday we recorded the last part of the last movie of the series. WOW!…

I was having a conversation with a member of our church Wednesday night before the Mid-Week Gathering, and he was telling me how the worst criticism he hears about our church is that it is a “feel good” church and nothing more… Of course, he then went on to say how challenged he is and…

One thing I have noticed in today’s culture is the neglect of preparation. We don’t prepare anymore for the dynamics of life and have developed more of an attitude of “I’ll deal with it if it happens”. Or we have the thoughts that whatever comes our way, we will just deal and not invoke much…