Moved to Wordpress

I am experimentally moving my blog over to WordPress after seeing this site. My new address is:

rhughes.wordpress.com

Steve Fee “Burn For You”

I just bought the new album from Steve Fee called “Burn for You”. All I can say is this stuff is really good. I am tired of the same sound from the Christian artists with weak lyrics or stuff that sounds like a prom song to Jesus. This CD has rich lyrics, much like the classic hymns, with a modern language and sound that I dig. Bottom Line: GO BUY THIS MUSIC! We will be blasting this stuff in our home!

What Not to Do When Starting a New Site

1. Neglect Prayer Effort
2. Fail to Raise a Suitable Launch Team
3. Fail to Communicate Essentials/Train Existing Staff and Leaders
4. View the Different Campuses as Separate Churches
5. View the Different Campuses as Culturally Identical
6. Cater to Convenience for Insiders Instead of Reaching Outsiders
7. Forget the Great Commandment in Pursuit of the Great Commission
8. Ignore Opposition (Institutional, Cultural, Spiritual)
9. Stop Recruiting and Evangelizing after Launching New Campus
10. Have No Plan for Ministries (esp. Spiritual Formation) Across Campuses
11. Underestimate the Organizational Complexity
12. Fear Talking About Money
13. Blindly Take Advise of the Experts

Google Reader Shortcuts

Christian vs. Christ Follower (Part 2)

Google Reader

Google is rocking the online world because of the way they have fully integrated Calendar, Email, Reader and Blogger. I realize that there are other more advanced blog sites out there, but I am sticking with Blogger because they are all in one place, with one password and work well together.

But, no doubt, I am hooked on Google Reader. It handles all my favorite blogs and news, keeps me up to date with what other church leaders and church planters are up to...all without littering my inbox. I think blogs are going to change the way we do church and build community. Blogging is becoming a great way to communicate and will only get better as the rest of the world catches up to the early adapters. I was sceptical at first, until I realized how easy and handy the Google Reader makes it to keep up with all the blogs I am interested in.

Long Live Google!

Aucilla River Trip

Jacqueline and Mary Frances are off for a girls weekend, so the boys went saltwater fishing today, out from the Aucilla River. We got about as much "fishing" done as we could with a 1 1/2 year old and a 4 year old in the boat. Chase was excited because he caught his first fish (a pinfish). It was fun to take them to the place that holds many memories for me. I can rememberas a kid spending many days on the grass flats catching speckled (or spotted) sea trout or scalloping or swimming in the river. It is a beautiful, pristine river that has remained undisturbed for the most part.


This picture is taken at near Nutall Rise where the Aucilla goes underground before re-emerging a few hundred yards farther south. The lower part of the river disappears underground and reappears several times. Our fishing cabin in on the left side of the photo.


This picture is down river nearing the mouth.


The river reaches the Gulf of Mexico and the banks of saw grass as you reach the brackish water.