Where you looking

C.S. Lewis said that pride makes you look down on people and things. He noted that it is impossible to look up at God if you are continually looking down in pride.

So I ask you: Where are you looking.

Chalk another one up for the Bears

Mercer traveled to USC Upstate this past Friday and claimed another win. It was a tight game from the tip to the finish, but the bears were able to hold on by three.

I wasn't able to attend this game. I was in Dallas for Kyle Goyer's wedding. Thanks to my boy Brian Burton, I was able to keep updated on the score via his iphone.

I was on the first plane to the ATL Saturday morning so that I could go to Jamie Burns' wedding Saturday night. It had the best music at a wedding that I have ever experienced.

It was a good weekend. Two weddings in two time zones inside of 24 hours.

Draw them out of the crowd

I heard a good message at church today. It was the first message in a three part series on what it looks like to be a disciple of Jesus. Tim McCoy preached from Matthew 5 where Jesus preaches the sermon on the mount. McCoy highlighted the insight that when crowds gathered to listen to Jesus, He drew disciples out of the crowd.

Isn't that the purpose of drawing people to church? We do what is necessary to get the crowds to Church, not for the purpose of having a crowd, but so that disciples can be drawn out of the crowd. The goal is disciples because fully devoted followers of Jesus is what brings God glory.

Why does your church meet?

The camels go down

Mercer continued our winning streak last night with a win over the Camels from Campbell university. It was a back and forth game. We went up 18 early in the second half, only to see the camels come back and take the lead. We were able to close the game on a good run and defeat Campbell by nine.

All five of our starters had double digits in scoring. Campbell is pretty athletic and we were able to overcome it with disciplined offensive sets.

East Tennessee State University (ETSU) comes to town Saturday afternoon @ 3:30. Hopefully we will be able to get a 4th win in a row.

Mercer's Got a Little bit of Mo.

The Mercer Men's basketball team is on a two game winning streak. We beat Jacksonville University last Saturday on a 3-pointer at the buzzer.

We completed the Jacksonville 2-step Monday night with a win at North Florida. Tomorrow we try to keep the streak going against Campbell @ 5:30.

3 Days

I just completed a workshop class on Servant Leadership.

Here are a couple of takeaways:

1. Servant Leadership is the mode, transformation is the goal.
2. Servant leadership is not a position of weakness.

It's Primal

I have another great book to let you know about.

One of my favorite authors has just finished his third book. "Primal," by Mark Batterson should be in stores soon. The premise of this book is Mark encouraging and calling readers to get back to the basic, fundamental elements of our faith in Christ. He highlights the fact that we as Christians tend to cimplicate our walk with God. Batterson recognizes that the reformation our world needs will be a result of stripping Christianity to the raw elements of what matters in our relationship with Jesus.

This is a great book and would be a great first book to read in 2010. Batterson does such a great job of writing in a manner that is easy to follow and understand. Any time I read his work, I feel like he is on the couch beside me, explaing his insights and truths.

Below is the link to where you can purchase the book. Take the challenge to return to the fundamental aspects of your faith.

http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781601421319