Wow… we totally missed this from back in 2009… eerily  similar cerimony from the same Rabbi… no crown though. Wonder if Paula feels ripped off in some way.

My friend, Matt Steen has two tickets to the Velocity Church Planting Conference coming up later this month in Atlanta. Here’s a look at this year’s conference… Velocity is the rate of speed.  What speed are we moving at? OUR CULTURE PUTS A LOT OF EMPHASIS ON SPEED. Speed is daring and exciting. Often as the church we fall into the trap of needing to run faster and faster. We believe the faster we accelerate the more impact we will have. Often we have a different kind of impact as we hit the wall head-on. WE CAN ALSO MOVE TOO SLOW. This can happen when our leadership lacks a clear...

Wow.  You know you’ve made it when TMZ publishes a picture of you with no shirt on. Did you click on that link?  You sicko. Joel Osteen can now add ‘hunk’ to his resume, after the Hollywood gossip website featured a picture of Joel coming out of the water with his surfboard in Hawaii on a family vacation. Does Joel have stinkin’ paparazzi?  Or did someone with a camera phone call TMZ and say… boy do I have a picture for you. Either way… I’m collecting this for my “Men of the Word” 2013 calendar.  I figure by the end of the year, TMZ will...

With all the flack and disagreement, at least in the circles of evangelicalism that I follow, over the Elephant Room, I wonder why I’m just now hearing about this one: Pastors, artists and other Christian leaders will join this weekend at the University of Miami for the One Conference, three days of rallies, music and motivation to affect South Florida for the faith. With megachurch pastors such as Brian Houston and Greg Laurie, the conference is set for Feb. 10-12 at UM’s Bank United Center in Coral Gables. They’ll tackle dire issues like human trafficking, fresh water for Haiti,...

Bishop Eddie Long has apologized to a Jewish group for last Sunday’s coronation of him as a King. In Long’s words: The ceremony was not my suggestion, nor was it my intent, to participate in any ritual that is offensive in any manner to the Jewish community, or any group. Furthermore, I sincerely denounce any action that depicts me as a King, for I am merely just a servant of the Lord… While I believe that Rabbi Ralph Messer has good intentions during his message at New Birth, I understand that the ceremony he performed on Sunday, January 29th, caused harm to the Jewish community, for...