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IHOP (restaurant) sues IHOP (prayer movement) over trademark

When I saw the headline “IHOP (the pancake-maker) sues IHOP (the prayer center) over trademark” , my thought was, what took them so long? I mean I don’t think I’ve ever heard of a more clear case of trademark infringement. Let’s look at the names: International House of Pankcakes (IHOP) International House of Prayer (IHOP) [...]

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Hollywood making a movie about Keith Green

Keith Green’s impact on the American church as a whole cannot be understated. He was a man way ahead of his time, his music was like nothing else being played. I have a tremendous amount of respect and admiration for his humility, love, passion and service to Jesus. I’m eagerly awaiting the release of this [...]

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Arizona immigration law causes bands to boycott the state?

As I’m sure you’ve all heard by now Arizona passed what many are calling the nation’s “toughest” immigration law this past Friday. Reaction across the country has been quite heated and I’ve talked to many of my Mexican friends here in Phoenix and most are at the least concerned if not angry. Now there have [...]

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Loops in Worship interviews me

Loops in Worship recently interviewed me about my music background and loop work. I was humbled Will thought I might have something interesting to say or that people would be interested in hearing what I have to say. Anyway, check it out when you get a chance and make sure to browser around the rest [...]

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When and where you can buy John Mark McMillan’s new cd

The people are growing restless, dare I say angry that John Mark’s stuff has been taken down from Amazon and iTunes. Please everyone lay down your pitchforks, I just spoke with John Mark and here’s the deal. singles will be released in March and May Album + bonus tracks available July 6th He’s on a [...]

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What songs should we sing in light of Haiti?

As I prepared for this past Sunday’s worship set I had a very heavy heart. The stories and images coming out of Haiti are truly heart breaking and challenging at many levels. This past week Dennis Miller was asking for Christians to call into his radio show and explain how God allows this to happen. [...]

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Video: Matt Chandler speaks before his brain surgery

As I watched this incredibly challenging and encouraging video of Matt Chandler discussing where he’s at with his sudden fight with a brain tumor, I felt such simultaneous heartache and joy seeing this warrior of our faith stand firm in Christ. Matt has had such a huge impact on me from afar, I’ve never met [...]

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My church, Life Connection Church joins Acts 29 network

This has been a big week for many reasons, all of which I’ll blog about. But one of the simpler ones to blog about is my church‘s entrance into full Acts 29 membership. The A29 blog just published an article introducing us to the network. I’m really excited to be joining the network, there are [...]

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