Yesterday was one of those days where I was totally exhausted at the end of the day, but I felt like I had “loved God with all of my strength.” It’s amazing how high the RPMs are right now with the coffeehouse. And then I spoke at the Next Conference. I did a 45 minute main session and then a 2 hour breakout. I was exhausted and energized at the same time! I love speaking to pastors and church planters!

Lee McFarland spoke last night. He pastors Radiant Church in Surprise, Arizona–one of the fastest growing churches in America. They’ve grown by 2,0000 people in the last six months. Lee and I tag-teamed at a conference last year and totally clicked. He’s one of those down-to-earth dreamers that I love to hang out with.

Lee gave up an executive position at Microsoft to plant Radiant Church. For what it’s worth, he had to forfeit 16,000 Microsoft stock options when he quit. Microsoft was trading at $180 and they’ve split three times since then! You can do the math He took a church planter position paying $24,000! Here’s the cool thing: he prayed that God would give him a soul for every stock option he gave up! He’s well on his way to cashing in those soul options I’m thrilled about the way God is using Lee!

He said one thing that night that totally resonated with me: “I’m shamelessly addicted to finding creative ways of getting people to come to church.”

Amen to that