Catalyst 08

Wow the past couple of days have been amazing. We were blessed with tickets to Catalyst this year from FBCW and it was huge. I learned a ton as a leader and was fired up by a number of speakers. I thought Steven Furticks message was one of the strongest ones and that Andy Stanley is a freakin genius. I admit publicly my sin for slamming Andy in the past when I never took the time to listen to him or hear his heart. The man is a great leader and an amazing communicator.

Although I learned a ton and God challenged & broke me through Craig Groeschells message on having "IT" the biggest take away for me was being able to truly worship. Over the past year we have visited numerous churches trying to learn from as many people as we can before we launch out Reveal Church. In doing so I sit through most Sundays thinking about things that church is doing or not doing that we want to do the same or differently. This isn't bad but it has been draining not going in to church to worship with other believers in Christ. The last two days I wasn't there to learn about methods, principles, systems or setups I was there to grow, build relationships and worship. During the music worship I was freed up more than I have been in a long time and loved singing praise to God with 12000 other believers. I challenge anyone in ministry to make sure they are taking time away to worship with others and not focus fully on learning and leading but time to step back and worship.