Every year we take one of the first portions of the year and dedicate it to prayer and fasting. It’s our simple way at Vortex to put God...

For the past few weeks, we’ve challenged our church to fast for 21 days as we take an intentional season to seek God in prayer. In life,...

It’s THANKSGIVING! That means turkey and family time. It also means that we, collectively as a culture, take a day to pause and be...

It sort of amazes me that “Black Friday”, the day America loses its mind over cheap stuff we don’t really need, falls on the day that...

Have you ever found yourself at that moment where your kids were doing something absurdly cute or ridiculously funny? What do we do? We...

During this blog series, I’ve shared what I didn’t know about planting a church when I started the adventure to plant Vortex Church in...

Anything worth doing is not going to be easy. That’s the truth in life, and that’s the truth in church planting. As I coach other church...

When you start a journey, it’s always exciting. The first few steps of a run, the first few miles of a road trip… there’s always a sense...

I’m not a “health nut”, but I’ve learned something important about being healthy… It hurts. Being unhealthy hurts, too. When you plant a...

One of simplest, yet most profound questions we’ll ever wrestle with is: “What’s the purpose of my life?” I believe that Jesus still...

“You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead...

We’re pleased to (finally) get to share our annual report from 2014. What God has done and is doing in our church is simply staggering....

One of the most common questions I get is: “How can I listen to the message from this Sunday? We’re going to be out of town, and I don’t...

I read an article this week that stated drinking one can of soda a day can have the same aging affect on our body as smoking cigarettes....

One, primary lesson in dealing with pregnant women, as a man, is to never tell them, “I know what you’re going through.” You can’t...

Let me simply say a few foundation thoughts that should frame how we think about everything: If the Bible says it, then we believe it. If...

I read a story on Bill Gate’s management style several years ago. Apparently his employees measured how good their product or performance...

Public schools in America give us a beautiful gift around this time of year: summer. Summer translates into many different words for us...

This Sunday we’re transitioning from ONE service to MULTIPLE SERVICES at Vortex! We desperately need to increase our capacity to reach...

I thought I’d share several reasons we’re moving to two services in a few weeks on May 4th. #1 – We Need More Room Each week two of the...