Today at The Gathering, April 15

Today at The Gathering, April 15
Well, this is the Sunday after Easter and we usually expect the attendance to be low, but in spite of the cold temperatures and the pouring rain, The Gathering’s attendance was amazing today.
I’m also amazed at how responsive both services are.  Traditionally the 8:30 service is a little more subdued [...]

Today at The Gathering, April 8 – Easter

Today at The Gathering, April 8 – Easter
Today at The Gathering far exceeded my expectations.  Almost every seat was taken in the early service, and every seat was taken with people standing in the aisles in the second service.  Plus, when I came in, all the hallways were full of people talking and serving, loving [...]

Today at The Gathering, April 1

Today at The Gathering, April 1
This weekend at The Gathering was the sixth installment of our series “Loving God.” We talked about “The Outrageous Joy of an Xtreme Freedom.” I related my visit this week to a state penitentiary. And what I took away was, from death row to maximum security, to all the [...]

Today at The Gathering, March 25th

Today at The Gathering, March 25th
 
We had another awesome day at The Gathering. The weather was incredible, the sun was out, and people were coming in straight from the parking lot in a great mood. What lesson did I learn today? Going to church ought to be a happy thing. Gathering together ought to [...]

Nashville Doesn’t Need Anymore Churches

Nashville Doesn’t Need Anymore Churches

About a year ago I went to a meeting held by Louie Giglio, the popular speaker and founder of the Passion movement in this country. This is a movement where college kids come together for a two or three day worship experience. Giglio was in town promoting the event and had [...]

Today at The Gathering, March 18

Today at The Gathering, March 18
Today at The Gathering was an exciting day. I had forgotten how much fun it is to see people setting up and taking down and creating environments and experiences that help people get to God to change their lives.
When I moved to Nashville to plant a church for the [...]

Today at The Gathering

Well, today is March 4th, the second in our series, “Loving God Without Becoming an Arrogant, Self-righteous Know-it-all.”  Today I talked on “I Don’t Want to be Better, I Want to be Different.”  I knew this was going to be a great day when I began to hear the music.  Ken and Barbie Isham and [...]

Advancing the Agoraphobic Church

Advancing the Agoraphobic Church
As a writer people often ask me,  “What are you writing about?”  It’s always a welcome question for me because it gives me an opportunity to try out my new ideas on people.  Because, believe me, as a writer what sounds good to you in your writing room can sound really ridiculous [...]

Commitment in the Concrete

Commitment in the Concrete
Last weekend at The Gathering we talked about the importance commitment. Basically the things we commit to define our lives. But once we make a commitment, that commitment makes us, for to fail to commit is indeed to commit to fail. The problem I believe, in our culture, is [...]

Re-capping the Weekend at The Gathering

Re-capping the Weekend at The Gathering
This was an incredible weekend at The Gathering. It seems like each and every week, the excitement builds as people gather. I love to see people standing in the hallways, laughing and talking, and making plans to go out for coffee or lunch.
We’re seeing the passion of our [...]