So we had an amazing Easter service this year. We opened with a mash up of “I Can’t Get No (Satisfaction)” by the Stones and “Kyrie” by Mr. Mister, we shot some great cardboard testimonies of our people which lead into the song “Beautiful Things” by Gangor and we wrapped the whole thing up with [...]
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Christmas Eve
Well, we had 4 amazing Christmas Eve services this past week. Here’s a look at some of the various pieces that went into it: 1. Christmas Faith Story. Scott Milder shares with us the journey he took to faith. 2. The Christmas Story. Each year we try to do a humorous bit, this year we [...]
Isn’t service sacrifice?
So today I am at one of our campuses and I just overheard a couple of members who are here early because they are serving. They were talking about our upcoming service projects that we’re doing to celebrate our church’s 30th anniversary. One of them said, “I can’t take off work for all the stuff [...]
Children of Men and Easter
So Friday I watched a movie that (since its release) has been on my list of all-time greatest movies, Children of Men. As I watched the end I was struck by how clearly it can show the gospel. In a literal warzone, where the absolute worst of humanity comes out a single baby calms the [...]
Not a witnessing tool…
So I had an interesting conversation with my favorite barista/owner at my locally owned coffee shop… (NOT STARBUCKS). He told me that someone came in this week and told him that they knew, beyond the shadow of a doubt, that the Cardinals would win the Superbowl today because Kurt Warner is a believer and God [...]
Good to Great!
This weekend Ann and I attended a marriage retreat put on by our church and our lead pastor, Steve Stroope. Unlike a lot of marriage seminars/conferences/retreats that I’ve seen and/or attended, it was not content driven. Instead Ann and I were given direction, guidance and time to dream individually, compare said dreams, and then develop [...]
Open Invitation
So this is a little late (I had the best of intentions of posting this weeks ago), but tomorrow night (Monday) at 7pm in the chapel at Lake Pointe the ceremony to license me to the ministry will be conducted. Dress is business casual and any of you guys who are local are invited to [...]
Love and Magic
So Saturday I performed my first wedding ceremony. I united my little sister and her now husband, Joe. At the couple’s request it was a short ceremony that I basically wrote from scratch. Sure it covers all the same ground as a typical American wedding, but it was in my own words. Open It or [...]
Mercy
I have a confession to make. Until very recently I had list of people I wanted to kill. Seriously. Open It or Expand It » It was a very short list, but it existed nonetheless. The people on the list had at some point done something that deserved punishment… deserved “justice” as I liked to [...]
I’m bona fide!
For those of you who don’t know… I am now officially “Licensed to the Gospel Ministry” by the Pastor and Elders of Lake Pointe Church. I began pursuing this both as an acknowledgment of God’s calling in my life and also to be able to minister to my friends and family in the way that [...]
An eye-opening and humbling experience
So this past Saturday I worked some long-ish hours. I mean I normally go in to work at 3pm and I’m done by 7, 7:30 at the latest. This past Saturday I went in to work at 12 noon and left at 11pm. I didn’t mind (and had obviously planned) to go in early. We [...]
Say hello to the Reverend Kevin Dooley
Yeah, you read that right… I was ordained over my lunch break today. Don’t believe me? Read this: Congratulations! You are now a legally ordained minister for life, though you may relinquish your credentials at any time. YOU HAVE BECOME A MEMBER OF THE PRESTIGIOUS CLERGY. You have earned a title worthy of admiration and [...]
Universal Truths
I was raised in the church. Those of you who have experienced the same know what a loaded statement this could be. Those of you who don’t share that experience probably just shivered. But that’s okay. The way I look at life is such that I regret only the times when I haven’t learned from [...]
Touched by Red
Well, it’s been a while since a sermon really cut me… but this weekend I got a triple shot of one that did just that. Open It or Expand It » I should probably set this up a little. It’s going to be kinda personal, so if you’re merely in this for quirkiness, read one [...]
When it rains, it craps.
Today has just been one of those days. You know the kind… nothing seems to go right. So we (the wife and I) wake up a little late, enjoying sleeping in. Then we decide to go through all the stuff titling and registering our vehicles in Texas. So we hop in our cars and drive [...]
