Eric Taylor

Wednesday morning laugh

I saw this on ESPN this morning and had to share it.  It was a hilarious Spoof of the Oklahoma State Football Coach's rant a few weeks ago. 

Check it out here.

Creative Cramp

I have to admit, lately I've had sort of a creative cramp.  I like to think that I'm a pretty creative guy, but honestly, looking back over the past few weeks, my creativity has been lacking.  Then I read Steven Furtick's blog where he had some great things to say about being creative.  His post reminded me of something that I've known all along, but just conveniently forgot in all the thousand and one things you do planting a church.  He said to "write something every day... even if you don't "feel" like it"... this stretches and exercises your creative muscles.  And you know what they say-- use it or lose it.  Well, I feel like I haven't been using it lately.  And then yesterday I made a trip to Birmingham and saw my friend Joey Seales.  He's the most creative person I've ever been around.  He OOZES creative thoughts.  Just being around him for a little while helped give me the jump start I needed.  Now, what does that translate to for our church?  I want us to be known as the most creative, most innovative church in town... that's going to mean taking some risks, maybe falling on our faces, failing a few times, but I believe we can become the leader in art, communication, music, atmosphere (even in a portable church).  The church has looked to the world for it's cues on innovation... but that wasn't always the case-- in the 17th and 18th centuries, the Church was the cultural center of towns... they produced the best art and music and people looked to the church to see what was next.  That's the kind of innovation I believe we can have at Journey.  We have an awesomely creative God... (just read Genesis 1)...and we are created in the image of a creative God, therefore, we are, by nature, creative people.  But I hear people all the time screaming, "but I'm not creative..."  Yes you are... on some level we all are creative... maybe you just have creative cramp and you need to work out your creative muscles.   I'm looking for some people to help RAMP UP our creative process in the areas of art, music, set design and construction, computer graphics, graphic design, drama, video production and communications. Let me know if you'd like to help make Journey one of the most creative and innovative places around.

Hunker Down for some Planning

Today's the day... I've been dreading it... I've put it off long enough... But I'm finally doing it--TODAY!    It's the day I've circled on my calendar to begin planning for the next 6 months of messages.  So, I grabbed my MacBook Pro, my headphones and a folder of ideas and thoughts I'd been collecting for a while and I headed to Wall Street Deli.  I usually make Panera my office away from the office, but I have to tell you... I'm getting ready get away from there... Not that I don't like the food, or the coffee, or even the loads of people that come in there... but here's the thing... There are too many Christians in that place!  Folks doing Bible Studies, having their quiet times, and just Christians meeting other Christians there to talk about Christian stuff.  (not that there's anything wrong with that!)  But I want to be intentional about trying to hang out where disconnected people are.  So, I headed to Wall Street Deli... but when I got there they had opened a NEW Momma Goldberg's there.... That's Awesome... nothing beats a Momma's Love with Jalepeno Chips and a Coke.  That's what I'm enjoying, but now I've gotta get back to the planning!

I have been praying for a while about where God wants to take us in our messages over the next few months.  It's going to be so cool to see Him navigate us through His word and mobilize us to do His will!

Easter Bunny Video

Some folks have been asking to see the Easter Bunny Video we showed yesterday.  I've posted it on YouTube and it's here as well.

Download easter_bunny_youtube.mov