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Northeast Africa in March

Monday, January 11th, 2010
I am excited to announce that I will be co-leading a Global Connection trip with Central Christian Church to Northeast Africa this March 15-26! I have committed to this trip for a couple of reasons: first, we have recruited an all guys group with many people who have never experienced a trip like this (some of them are from our Third Format services that I teach at). Second, I want to make a habit of expanding my worldview every few years to keep my perspective relevant. Many of you may remember my trip to Nepal in 2005 that was very eye opening for me. I’m expecting this trip to challenge me just as much.
We are heading to a country with… Read More

24/7 Prayer at Central

Friday, November 13th, 2009
I spent some time praying at the Gilbert campus tonight for this year's 24/7 prayer event at Central. It was a great time and very spiritually refreshing. In one station, people could write thoughts onto a white board. I took a picture of one comment that stood out to me.
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Email from Catherine Rohr

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
Recently I wrote a post about offering grace to Catherine Rohr and inviting you guys to do the same. It created a great dialogue as you guys jumped on board with the idea. Yesterday, I received an email from Catherine in response to that post and I thought I'd share it with you guys as well as a follow up. This is turning out to be an incredible story and I'm proud to be a part of this type of Church.
Dear Jeremy,… Read More

I Stand by Catherine Rohr

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
The news hit recently that Catherine Rohr, the founder and CEO of Prison Entrepreneurship Program (PEP), had stepped down as CEO due to mistakes in her personal life. You may remember that I had the chance to do an Off the Record Interview with Catherine back in May of this year. Catherine is one of the most respected female leaders of our day, and this news was devastating to myself and to others who… Read More

A Story of Redemption

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
I was having lunch last week with my friend Tom and he shared with me an unbelievable story of how God has been working in his life lately. I had goosebumps as he told it to me. I asked him if I could blog it for you guys to read and he sent me the following "Reader's Digest" version. This is absolutely incredible, and it shows the opportunity we all have to experience the thrill of God's Spirit if we would choose to listen.
"I have been blessed with a personality that draws people to me; very passionate and outgoing. For most of my years my God-given talent was abused by me. I used it to attract and control women and was very abusive… Read More