Humility Redefined!!!

Joe Knittig and Moise Vaval from Long Hollow Baptist Church on Vimeo.

Our Staff was blessed enough to spend the entire weekend with Pastor Moise Vaval and Joe Knittig. Moise Vaval's powerful story was show on CBS's 60 minuets and received world wide response. I have never met a more humble man in my entire life and has a level of faith I could only dream of. Joe Knittig's story has really impacted my life as well. Joe came to a place in his life where our cultures view of success meant nothing and he realized he was called to something higher. Our Church has been supporting them both and is currently rebuilding their church/orphanage through our Crazy Love Campaign, check it out:

Introduction to the Problem from Long Hollow Baptist Church on Vimeo.

Honda's "Dream the Impossible" Campaign

Honda has recently started a new campaign to become innovators of the car business. They just released 6 short documentaries about the future of their company, it's called (click here to see the website------>) "Dream the Impossible" . One of the films is called Mobility 2088, where Honda challenged their team to think about what the car market will look like in the year 2088. They forced their team to think like innovators instead replicators. Innovators have the vision to be able to look beyond where they are today and see things that other people cannot see. "Many people wait for the future to reach them, but few people reach for the future". What does student ministry look like in the year 2088? It is so easy with pod casting, conferences, social media and networking, not have an innovative student ministry. We see the way someone else has shot a video, presented the gospel or had a successful event and ministry becomes very easy. Easy can be a very dangerous word, our culture tells us to run towards it, but when was the last time success came without a price? Unintentionally, If we are not careful laziness and complacency will slowly move us out of the drivers seat of ministry. No one can know what the future of your student ministry looks like but you. Never settle and Dream the Impossible.

Jon Gruden and "Exposing"

ESPN has a new show about a coach named Jon Gruden, who works out with, then sits down with the top quarterbacks in this years NFL draft. Colt McCoy, Tim Tebow, Sam Bradford and some others have been working with Gruden, and the show is basically Gruden exposing the players' positives and negatives. To watch the video click this ----->SportsCenter. The word "EXPOSE" is not something we want to have someone do to us but it is essential if your want to become better at what ever you do. It is so important that we have some one who will tell us honestly what we need to work on and "EXPOSE" our weaknesses. No one said the road to becoming great was a cake walk, its takes hard work and learning from our mistakes. Lets face it, fear and pride play a big role in allowing someone to speak into our lives. I think that fear is the major issue. Think about it, the only time we here the word "EXPOSE" is when someone losses a job, marriage, starting position or the ability to keep something a secret out of shame or guilt. "Exposing" can be a powerful tool in being great if the person doing with love. What I love about Coach Cruden is that he exposes all 3 of the quarterbacks positives first, then he moves on to areas they need to improve on. He sits them down INDIVIDUALLY (which is important and a whole different blog entry) and shows film of the quarterbacks in situations they didn't make the best decision. He then asks them why they made that decision and what would they have done different. How much better would we be in our sport, ministry, job, marriage or relationships if we allowed someone we trust to hold us accountable, help recognize mistakes, then how to make better decisions in the future........Just something to think about!!!!