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An Imperfect Pastor
Anxiety can be a crushing thing. Whether it be anxiety over how your 2 year old might act in a restaurant, or worry concerning financial issues in your home, it can take control of us. Few, if any of us, escape that feeling of being in an emotional straight-jacket at times, when you can do [...]
Men’s Gospel Christianity
The Pub Theologians met last night and we had a great time hanging out and trying to understand the concept of grace. That is not an easy task, but we did seem to all better understand that, thank goodness, it’s not up to us and God is sovereign. It is interesting to learn about everyones [...]
Community
The other day I was talking with a fellow church planter from New York City. He is in an entirely different context and culture than we are here in Atlanta. In so many ways what he is trying to do there is so very much harder than the work that we are doing at the [...]
This is all HIS Doing
Planting, or re-planting a church never progresses the way that you expect. But it would be hard for me to be more encouraged than I am right now. I am witnessing a magnetism of sorts at the Journey because people are being drawn to the strong sense of community that is being offered as well [...]
Are you ready?
Well… the previews are over. The Journey is two weeks away from going public with weekly services. The Previews have brought alot of people out to see what a Journey worship service is about. We have had some who liked the first one so much that they came to the next two to complete the [...]
Recap – Preview Service #3
We finished up our preview process this past Sunday night. It was successful just like the first two and we remain excited about the future of the Journey. We have a lot of people who have come on board and partnered with us and are ready to see what lies ahead as we pursue the [...]
Second Preview Thoughts
Wow! Worship was awesome again as Heath and the Journey Band put together a great offering to the Most High. Some of you getting this may or may not have been at the second preview but it was a great time of worship. If you weren’t there, you missed an opportunity to win a free [...]
Recap – Preview Service # 2
Thanks so much for everyone who came to our second preview service this past Sunday night. We had a few less people than we had last time, but it was great to have 120 people there. There were a lot of new faces again and we look forward to getting to know everyone.
The music portion [...]
Journey Life
This message is going out to all who have connected with the Journey in any way, however brief.
Doing Life together is one of the things that defines us here at the Journey. Real Community is something that must be intentionally pursued. The world that we live in is fragmented and tends to leave people isolated [...]
Recap – Preview Service #1
Thanks so much for everyone who came to our first preview service this past Sunday night. We were excited to see nearly 140 people there.
The worship service went off without a major hitch which is a great accomplishment considering the fact that so many of us were working on very little rest because we stayed [...]
Real Men
On Thursday nights, there is a group of about 8 guys who meet together at restaurants in the area and we talk theology. This isn’t some weepy eyed meeting where we all just share our “feelings”, but an opportunity to get serious about the truth; the truth about God and the ugly truth about ourselves. [...]
Worship is More than a Song
Repentance
Do you do it enough? I’m sure that I don’t. I am convinced that we simply do not understand the depths of our own perversion. The Bible says that God created everything good and that we then proceeded to muck the utopian paradise up. We initiated the descent of darkness and our foolish hearts were [...]
Why the Journey
Somewhere along the way, the Christian church has turned into something that Jesus never intended it to be. Over the years, the church has consistently been overly judgmental, self-righteous and even hypocritical. According to the bible, Christians are supposed to help others learn how they can have a relationship with God, [...]
The Journey has begun!
After months of planning, the Journey has finally taken it’s first baby steps. It is no longer a dream, it is a reality…a very young and infant reality but a reality none the less.
The plan has been kick-started by efforts to build partnerships and raise funds to support the church for the next few years [...]
