Willow Creek

So, here’s a little bit of what’s got my attention these days.

1. Catalyst– I’m hoping to get down to Atlanta for this one! This seriously looks like an amazing line up!

2. Reverb: Catalyst Worship CD– I can’t seem to stop playing this one. I don’t want to wear it out though… BUT, it’s too good. Seriously.

3. Twitter– I know… I know… now that Oprah and Ashton are on it, it’s all old school right? Well, maybe but I love the community that it seems to be developing. Check out thefiveonline, to stay connected with the five, or follow me pgowesky on Twitter.

4. Hunger+Thirst- Willow Creek Community Church– They are doing some awesome work in getting clean running water to villages in areas in the world where clean water is just about unheard of. More importantly they are raising awareness in the lives of us, people who eat and drink to our fill everyday… Check this out.

5. Andy Stanley– Need I say more? Okay, I will… I have been listening to his leadership podcast… it’s awesome! Check it out here… I also started reading the book, “The next generation leader” I can’t wait to see what I learn.

6. Francis Chan- This guy seriously convicts me of my sin and inadequacies any time I hear him speak. I just finished Crazy Love, and I loved that book. I just heard him at the Shift conference at Willow Creek last week. I will post about what I learned there later.

7. Hopefully Homeowners: Seriously enough said… this is an unbelievable process… Got tons going on there…

8. Flat Tires- Tiffany’s van has had two in two days… Man, let’s go for all four in four. That sounds like a sweet sermon series, four in four. Who knows what it would be about, but I should write that down somewhere… 4in4. Fourin4 or quatro y quatro. Yeah, that’ll show up somewhere, sometime….

9. All things Mac related… we have a good relationship, mac and I. I pretty pleased to see that this church now has a total of 3 macs not including my personal one right now! Seeing as how when I got here, there were none… TRAGEDY… I know. I’m slowly helping them. Now I’ve got to get Todd to switch over.

10. Driving with the sunroof open… Love it… windows down, Reverb- Catalyst Cd playing… (loud)

11. Michael Scott is back in the office. Totally relieved.

Just a few things…

~Peter

For the last two days I have spent hours watching pixels of light reflecting on a simple white screen. I spent a good portion of the last 48 hours listening to sound waves resonate in my ears. This may sound like a lazy summer day for some of our teenagers here in our ministry, watching the TV, and listening to the Ipod.

The last two days I was apart of The Leadership Summit. This is a leadership conference that Willow Creek puts on every year. It was a very powerful conference. I was challenged by many of the speakers. We heard from several key leaders making huge strides in the Church of today. I truly believe that God has been working in my life these last few weeks. These last two days are no different.

I was challenged to think in stretching ways. I really began to think about who God has made me and what does He want me to do? Here are some of the questions that I am wrestling with:

1. What am I pursuing?

2. What price am I willing to pay?

3. How is God rocking my world?

4. How do we get “IT”

5. How do I provide Leadership that actually matters?

6. What is it that God is showing me about myself?

7. What am I afraid of?

I need to give big props and many congratulations to my friend Jason over at LCBC. They received the courageous leadership award from Willow Creek. You can jump over to his blog to read about what happened. I am certainly proud of him and his church. LCBC inspires me. You should check them out.

~Peter

What’s got my attention:

Questions for my soul…