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You ever have a brief interaction with someone, and they drop a nugget so nonchalantly that rocks your day? It happened to me.

My pastor walked by my office today and threw a question at me. I gave him a quick response, saying I was planning on doing it tomorrow. Then he replied with 3 simple words that made me stop and think:

Too Many Tomorrows.

Now, it’s good to plan out your schedule and defer work to specific times and days. However, this doesn’t apply to that. This applies to that thing you keep meaning to do. You’ll schedule it tomorrow. That conversation you’ve been avoiding. You’ll call them tomorrow.

Too.
Many.
Tomorrows.

The problem with tomorrow is that tomorrow can be passive. Tomorrow can encourage us to embrace our desire to avoid the hard things. Tomorrow gives us an easy way out that makes us feel like we’re still taking on top of things. We all know what it feels like to intentionally avoid something we know we need to take on. So what?

Here’s the truth:

1. We’re not on top of things. Putting off the things we don’t want tackle doesn’t mean we’re on top of things, just that we’re avoiding the things we should be charging.

2. Tomorrow isn’t promised. That’s a fact of life. If we’re always putting these important things off, then one day, there won’t be a tomorrow. I don’t want to rely on tomorrow, because tomorrow will always change and might not be there.

Honestly, I suck at this sometimes. When I know I need to have an important talk with someone, I can tend to shy away from it. I can run from the uncomfortable. But, I don’t want to look back on my life and realize that there were too many tomorrows. I don’t want to be characterized as a “tomorrow” leader.

I want to charge the unfamiliar.
I want to embrace the uncomfortable.
I want to have very few tomorrows.

Do you have something you’re constantly putting off to tomorrow?


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Today was a fitting end to a great series. We’ve been in a series based on the book The Hole In Our Gospel by Richard Stearns that examines topics in the book through the lens of our missional aim as a church (Go Across the Street, Across the City, Across the Border, Across the Ocean).

Pastor Mitch did a great job of wrapping up the series by reminding us that through all we gave talked about, we must hold ourselves accountable personally (according to our specific calls from the Holy Spirit), especially as it relates to our neighbors and those around us.

Mary Kate Mannino shared her story and journey to Rohi School in Nikiru, Kenya this past summer. It was a powerful reminder that we are ALL created with a mission, no matter our stories or circumstance. I’m so excited about New Harvest’s involvement and partnership with Rohi going forward. Lives, children, will be changed in a real way by the work of Jesus and that is a beautiful thing.


Worship Recap:

Our worship team was on it today. Even though I started a tune a step too high, they adapted and recovered from my stupidity and killed it. We sang songs reflecting the glory and power of the Lord, and we landed in a cool moment of reflection and response to what we had been singing.

The question I posed was: What is blocking you from being totally and wholly satisfied by the love of God. A beautiful time of renewing our hearts and affections for the Lord.


Set:

Salvation is Here – Hillsong United

Glory to God – Fee

Mighty to Save – Hillsong United

Enough – Chris Tomlin


What did your Sunday look like?


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There have been a few awesome album drops (Audrey Assad, The Roots, & Dave Barnes) and movies releases (Inception) recently that have really been quite refreshing. There are a few releases coming up I’m pretty stoked about.
Here’s my top 3 …

One Sonic Society

If you haven’t heard of these guys yet, you will. They are something of a super group (Stu G & Jon Thatcher formerly of Delirious?, Hillsong drummer Paul Malbury, & songwriter/producer Jason Ingram), but they have a deep desire to be more part of a community than merely a band. I was first introduced to these guys in Nashville in February @ Re:Create and was not only impressed with the depth of their music, but the heart behind their vision for their music. They have an EP out now, but their full-length album drops sometime in October, so be on the lookout.

Dinner for Schmucks

This is real simple: I am a sucker for dumb comedy. Steve Carell is one of the funniest guys around right now and Paul Rudd is the quintessential straight man. The premise makes for several opportunities for ridiculousness. Add in Galifianakis & one of the guys from Flight of the Conchords, and you’ve got a stupid, stupid gem on your hands. I’m just excited to kick back, and laugh til I can’t properly breathe anymore.

John Legend & The Roots – Wake Up!

This collaboration was tasty enough on The Roots most recent record, but the fact that these guys are teaming up for an entire record of old soul & RnB covers is enough to make anyone who loves a solid groove drool. I imagine that I’m going to wear this album out like its goin out of style. Record drops September 21, and they’ve got a pre-order goin here.

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