I just emailed someone and said my life feels like “pin the tail on the donkey” right now. It’s like I’m spinning with ideas and opportunities. Around and around. And I’m just hoping that once I’m done spinning around that I’ll pin the tail in the right place. I have no idea if what I’ve just blogged makes any sense, but that’s how I feel.

My sense of destiny grows deeper and stronger by the day as synchronicities seem to be happening left and right. Everything that has happened in the last month giving us a larger platform could not have been man-u-factured. There’s no way we could have planned any of it. And we certainly weren’t seeking out all the attention we’ve gotten recently.

I think it’s exemplified by Amy Doolittle calling me last week and telling me the Washington Times wanted to do a story on theater churches. I ended up getting two calls from two reporters at two different papers doing a story on theater churches on the same day. What are the chances? And what are the chances of that article landing on the front page?

Then, evidently, someone at Janet Parshall’s America picked up the paper today and read the story and I’ll do an interview tomorrow. It’s crazy. I feel like I’m on one of those moving sidewalks. I honestly feel like I’m just along for the ride.

I’m hoping the article and interview are an opportunity to encourage pastors and churches to think in new ways. We’ve got to do a better job of reaching emerging generations. We’ve got to do a better job of reaching the unchurched and dechurched. We’ve got to do a better job of marketing the greatest message. We’ve got to do a better job competing in the marketplace of ideas. And I’m not sure how to say this, but most churches need at least a 1000 miligrams of creativity steriods.

If all this media attention just results in media attention then it’s a waste of time and energy. But if the article and interview help inspire some churches to think outside the box and get out of the boat then it’s worth it.

I’m reminded again today that God is in the business of strategically positioning us in the right place at the right time. He can arrange front page stories and radio interviews even if we aren’t seeking them out. It’s funny. I remember wanting some media attention a few years ago. I thought it might help us as we launched our second location at Ballston Common Mall. But nothing happened. And now that we’re not seeking it out, God seems to be working overtime setting us up. All I can say is that I’m absolutely amazed when I zoom out and see all of the synchronicities.

Scripture says we need to “keep in step with the Spirit.” I’ve learned that somtimes the Holy Spirit takes long strides. I feel like a little kid with short legs trying to keep up with a giant who is taking long fast strides. I just don’t want to slow the Holy Spirit down