I wonder if I expect and settle for far too little. I've been challenged by the book of Nehemiah to dream a little bit bigger. I've been challenged to settle less and believe again that [...]

I'm teaching through the book of Ephesians at South Fellowship Church on Sunday mornings - and its been ROCKING me! I'm only 2 weeks in (so far I've covered 1:1-14) and the takeaways are immense [...]

I have always liked to go through books with my staff. I'm an avid reader and I think being a life-long learner is a necessary component to staying alive and effective as a leader. But, [...]

When I became the Lead Pastor of South (2 months ago) I had a vision for helping people connect with one another. I desperately want South to be a place where people live life together [...]

The passage that I have the opportunity to teach on tomorrow (Romans 12:1-2) has been one of the most important passages to me in developing a practical theology for growing in Christ. For so long [...]

"I have learned to kiss the wave that throws me against the Rock of Ages." Charles Spurgeon “God is more anxious to bestow His blessings on us than we are to receive them.” St. Augustine Wow. I hope these challenge you as much as [...]

This weekend we had the children from VBA (Vacation Bible Adventure) lead the musical portion of our worship.  I have to be honest; I was skeptical that it would actually be worshipful. I pictured a [...]

This past Sunday I mentioned that "Questions (and doubts) are something that we should run from, but something that we should pursue." I think the fact that we are willing to ask the question shows [...]

Every time he would call, the same greeting would resound, "Hello, it's Father Paulson!" I always thought it was hilarious - especially since his hearing was going so the greeting would be at a decible [...]

As I was studying for last week's message, I was reminded of this Tim Keller quote from The Reason for God (a must read, by the way). He talks about an interaction that he had [...]