samwise the brave » rick warren http://samgamgee.org even the smallest person can change the course of the future Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:08:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://samgamgee.org http://samgamgee.org/wp-content/mbp-favicon/preview_16x16.png samwise the brave even the smallest person can change the course of the future samwise the brave no even the smallest person can change the course of the future funding, non-profit, ROI, community, socialnetworking samwise the brave » rick warren http://samgamgee.org/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://samgamgee.org day one – purpose driven summit http://samgamgee.org/2008/05/day-one-purpose-driven-summit/ http://samgamgee.org/2008/05/day-one-purpose-driven-summit/#comments Wed, 21 May 2008 05:30:57 +0000 admin http://samgamgee.org/?p=161 been a very long, but good day. never before have i been present with so many focused pastors of the Church. more than 35 of the best pastors in america have join in a common conversation with rick warren @ saddleback church. this is a great moment in the Church. rick has invited those and the rest of us here to participate in a larger conversation about how to do this faith journey better.

for most of today i had the pleasure to meet and hear some of those 3″5. I think we grabbed some 13 different interviews talking about the “how” of this thing called ministry. honest, real and direct is the least i can say about what i heard. all of this is because rick warren has turned his efforts towards further developing the pastors of our Lord’s Church. at a time when he could simply enjoy the fruits of his labor he’s taking it to a whole nother level. he can’t help it. its his character. even today when he surprised us in the ipodcast trailer with his presence we got a sense of his humor and an even greater sense of physical strength. several of us got the biggest impression literally when rick gave us each a huge bear hug, i’ve posted a few utterz and twitters. watch this space again on wed and thurs as the conversation continues. and you can go here to watch it live.

i’ve personally appreciated getting to know the persons behind the names…guys i’ve read and been challenged by. these guys are stepping it up larger and helping take this message way beyond the walls of a church in so cal. important stuff. if you don’t know about these guys you need to…drop by their sites and give em some love! Tony Morgan, Carlos Whittaker, DJ Chuang and Josh Griffin. but especially give my teacher and tech mentor, tony steward some affection too. i’m grateful he’s allowed me into a very interesting journey. (btw tony steward, me and the others from the who are these guys podcast should be back next week.) off to bed. its 1:32 a.m. in ohio…nite

]]> http://samgamgee.org/2008/05/day-one-purpose-driven-summit/feed/ 1 the stealth conference http://samgamgee.org/2008/05/the-stealth-conference/ http://samgamgee.org/2008/05/the-stealth-conference/#comments Tue, 20 May 2008 05:45:38 +0000 admin http://samgamgee.org/?p=153 so you’ve probably figured out i’m on another journey. right now i’m in the room having just finished up a great evening. once we hit the  ground in california and got to santa ana and checked-in then we met up with tony steward and had a great meal at wahoo’s. of course there are several locations and of course i googled the wrong one. i had been there the last time i was out for the gathering last fall with tony so i knew what it didn’t look like. but we finally got there (10 minutes late) and had a great meal and a great conversation. then we headed over to the ipod cast room on the saddleback campus. worked for awhile to get all the connections right…finally tony simply rebooted the system and wal-la ready to go. here’s the link to the live ustream site. so stop by and join in the conversation. the next couple of days should be a lot of fun. i’m looking forward to adding my own voice to all that’s going on. you may also want to check out the LIVE SUMMIT Team who will be offering their thots under the guidance of the techmeister himself tony steward. below are a couple of pics from the tech center where the live action will make its place .

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