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                        • ▼ 2008
                          • ▼ August
                            • My life motto put to song and this Sunday
                            • My Life Motto
                            • The Lakeland Rebuttal
                            • Black Sheep Teaser Video
                            • Changes to JamesLaws.com
                            • Getting into Facebook
                            • OCD meet Procrastination
                            • He was hungry, I'm glad they mentioned that.
                          • ► July
                            • Considering Small Groups
                            • Writing less for more.
                            • Thank God, it's done!
                            • Seeing the trees from the forest
                            • Time to Focus
                            • Will the real church planter please...?
                            • Too Much To Write...
                            • One Week Off...Kind Of.
                            • Sunday Night Download
                          • ► June
                            • This Weekend - 6/28 and 6/29
                            • This Sunday: Pastor Ed Young
                            • Do you need a miracle?
                            • An Amazing Sunday and more to come
                            • Finally, a church sign that just says it
                            • This Sunday: Pastor Craig Groeschel
                            • You wouldm't like me when I'm angry...
                            • My problem with prayer
                            • The crazy month of June
                          • ► May
                            • QC: Putting the most into relationships
                            • Thank God Almighty, I am free at last.
                            • Progress...finally.
                            • Semantically Speaking
                            • And now I give you the finger.
                            • A look ahead at Summer
                            • Last Week in Review
                            • Things I Never Understood About Church
                            • Your body is distracting me.
                            • Uncertainty
                            • Twitter me about it.
                            • Pet Peeve: National Day of Anything
                            • Gas Cartoons Part 2 (of 2)
                            • Gas Cartoons Part 1 (of 2)
                            • My journey to a healthier me.
                          • ► April
                            • Did I write that?
                            • Pet Peeve: Lack of Communication
                            • Saying a whole lot of nothing.
                            • 15 days and 5lbs.
                            • Not everyone is meant to be on the church band
                            • Struggles of a Bi-Vocational Pastor - Contentment
                            • Struggles of a Bi-Vocational Pastor
                            • One Week Without
                            • Why the silence?
                            • Bible Exploration: Week 14
                            • I'm fat and I now know it.
                            • 10 years I wouldn't trade for anything
                          • ► March
                            • What does it mean to be healthy?
                            • 10 years and plenty of regrets.
                            • Bible Exploration: Week 13
                            • Still getting used to Twitter.
                            • Follow “The Leader” or fail to be one. - Part 2 (of 2)
                            • Follow "The Leader" or fail to be one. - Part 1 (of 2)
                            • The most important thing
                            • Yet another redesign of lifepointchurch.tv
                            • I am an addict
                            • Bible Exploration: Week 12
                            • A lesson from 96.5 The Mountain
                            • A LifePointer on Easter
                            • The greatest story NEVER told!
                            • How do you pee?
                            • 34 five year old kids...no problem.
                            • Do you REALLY know your pastor?
                            • It's not what you say, it's how you say it.
                            • SHOUT OUT: Kevin Stover
                            • On my own.
                            • Shake a Snake…so funny.
                            • Expectations - they’re better when they’re high.
                            • Daylight Savings, Inclement Weather and Prayer
                            • Sick but happy.
                            • SHOUT OUT: Diette Ward
                            • Failure to Communicate
                          • ► February
                            • Preaching to the choir… and man they’re cold.
                            • Is ministry this depressing?
                            • It’s my responsibility!
                            • Why I love it and why I am inviting you.
                            • SHOUT OUT: Music Team
                            • Sunday Night Download
                            • Web design, T-shirts and a little thing called doubt.
                            • Random thoughts & activities on 2008-02-22
                            • New TVFCU website finally debuts.
                            • Relationship Difficulties as a Pastor
                            • My first message promotion.
                            • We’re helping other churches without even knowing it.
                            • LifePoint, avoid compromise!
                            • Bible Exploration: Week 6
                            • Bible Exploration: Week 5
                          • ► January
                            • Where has James been?
                            • Bible Exploration: Week 3
                            • Guest Blog: Ex-ChildofGod
                            • Bible Exploration: Week 2
                            • If the church is ineffective…let’s start over.
                            • Legacy vs. Destiny
                            • Bible Exploration: Week 1
                            • Why I Want A First Century Church.
                            • British William Shatner…stop reading my bible!
                            • Resolutions for 2008
                        • ► 2007
                          • ► December
                            • Bible Exploration Tip 1(of?)
                            • She isn’t a lap cat.
                            • Bible Exploration begins in just a few days
                            • My favorite 12 posts written by Kevin Dwight Stover
                            • Who can keep track.
                            • My favorite 12 posts written by me
                            • Happy One Year Anniversary
                            • Merry Christmas!
                            • Read the Bible in One Year – Part 5 (of 5): Write It Down
                            • Something to think about.
                            • Read the Bible in One Year – Part 4 (of 5): Ask Questions
                            • Read the Bible in One Year – Part 3 (of 5): Manage Your Time
                            • How long will social sites last?
                            • Read the Bible in One Year – Part 2 (of 5): Choose Your Bible
                            • Christianity vs. Atheism … ENOUGH
                            • Read the Bible in One Year – Part 1 (of 5): The Challenge
                            • Sunday Night Download
                            • How to Be Productive All the Time - Part 6 (of 6): Collaborate
                            • How to Be Productive All the Time - Part 5 (of 6): Keep a NOT To Do List
                            • How to Be Productive All the Time - Part 4 (of 6): Keep a To Do List
                            • How to Be Productive All the Time - Part 3 (of 6): Get More Sleep
                            • How to Be Productive All the Time - Part 2 (of 6): Take Breaks
                            • How to Be Productive All the Time - Part 1 (of 6): Plan Ahead
                            • Interwebs meet Azha.
                            • The Vulnerable Pastor - Part 6 (of 6): Willing
                            • The Vulnerable Pastor - Part 5 (of 6): Worried
                            • A little plug for my cousin.
                            • The Vulnerable Pastor - Part 4 (of 6): Wounded
                            • Big Bang Theory
                            • The Vulnerable Pastor - Part 3 (of 6): Weak
                            • The Clark Brothers
                          • ► November
                            • The Vulnerable Pastor - Part 2 (of 6): Watched
                            • The Vulnerable Pastor - Part 1 (of 6)
                            • Now that’s a political campaign.
                            • The hard road of making things easy.
                            • The Primary Communicator - Part 5 (of 5): Stylish
                            • The Primary Communicator - Part 4 (of 5): My A Team
                            • The Primary Communicator - Part 3 (of 5): ill-prepared
                            • Thanksgiving Facts
                            • Happy Thanksgiving!
                            • The Primary Communicator - Part 2 (of 5): Why Me?
                            • The Primary Communicator - Part 1 (of 5)
                            • lifepointchurch.tv taking time
                            • Box Truck for Jesus
                            • Fulfillment - Part 3 (of 3) or …Working 9 to 5 (and then some)
                            • Guitar Hero and LifePoint
                            • Habitat For Humanity, Music and Meals
                            • Fulfillment - Part 2 (of 3) or …But I Won’t Do That
                            • Top 5 Posts from August ‘07 to October ‘07
                          • ► October
                            • Fulfillment - Part 1 (of 3) or If I Had A Million Dollars…
                            • Prophetic Bloopers
                            • I have never been “the” one.
                            • Monday Morning Download
                            • Just an average Joe
                            • Habitat for Humanity of Cleveland
                            • Website & Blog Revamped
                            • Now that’s being blunt.
                            • Why are the Rantin’ Remnant not ready?
                            • 4 Things about my leadership that will irritate you
                            • Super Day! Super for whom?
                            • Welcome, Evan Miles!
                            • A Green Devotional
                            • The Color Green
                            • How do you choose between a need and a need?
                            • Uncreative Clutter
                            • Tent City and Delayed Reactions
                          • ► September
                            • My apologies
                          • ► August
                            • Friday Night Download
                            • Pray that we will motivate each other.
                            • Religion vs. Spirituality (Part 1)
                            • Sunday Night Download
                            • Religious vs. Spiritual
                            • When what God wants becomes what you want, what you have will be enough.
                            • True prosperity or just pretend.
                            • I’m coming back…
                            • First Day on the Job
                            • Top 5 Posts of July 2007
                          • ► July
                            • God never ceases to amaze me!
                            • You can’t do it all.
                            • Everything isn’t “High Priority”
                            • Tennessee Valley Federal Credit Union…Very Innovative
                            • Harry Potter vs. Christian Fantasy
                            • Dealing with Discouragement
                            • Sunday Night Download
                            • How I choose to communicate
                            • Fashion Jewelry Christianity
                            • The Church Office…The Ultimate Youth Pastor
                            • Taking music to the next level with Pandora
                            • I really don’t like Thursdays
                            • There goes the neighborhood
                            • The World Without Us
                            • Snap Shots for Firefox…pretty cool
                            • Harry Potter has gone to far!
                            • Sunday Night Download
                            • Leading Heart to Heart
                            • Extra-Biblical Discovery
                            • A Tribute to Volunteers
                            • TBN - Collection has never been easier
                            • LifePoint’s MySpace gets a face lift.
                            • Your log, their speck, my opinion
                            • Church Management Software
                            • Advocating Director
                            • Sunday Night Download
                            • Procedural Memory
                            • When your marketing budget has been devoured.
                            • Self-Checkout
                            • You found us and that scares me
                            • Top 5 Posts in June ‘07
                            • It was better than Spiderman 3
                          • ► June
                            • 100th Comment
                            • Portable Files for a Portable Church
                            • How well do you really know your rock & roll?
                            • The Man Hug
                            • Sunday Night Download
                            • First attempt at a video blog
                            • A few additions to the ole’ blog
                            • Little Brother Leadership
                            • I’m Lovin’ It!
                            • Buzzzzzzzzzzz……..
                            • Happy Birthday, Kevin!
                            • Life Is Good
                            • POST: Misunderstanding Steve Jobs by Seth Godin
                            • Are you the one? I’m not.
                            • Life Transitions
                            • SONG: What I’ve Done by Linkin Park
                            • Manager vs. Leader
                            • Google Adwords
                            • Vibe
                            • Download
                            • Aim lower, think smaller, give up, Go have a cup of coffee
                            • “Straw Man” the New “So”
                            • Mind Mapping
                          • ► May
                            • Everything is an experiment so feel free to try and quit
                            • Tell me about it.
                            • Sunday Afternoon Recovery
                            • Haircuts and Quiet Time with God
                            • Looking Back on 5/20/07
                            • Cutting Printing Costs
                            • Looking back on 5/13/07
                            • Pappa’s got a Brand New Blog Layout!
                            • Reaching for a goal to fulfil a calling
                            • Looking Back at 5/6/07
                            • Marisa Poplin: A sample of what is to come.
                            • LifePoint Church and Window Tinting
                          • ► April
                            • Looking back at 4/29/07
                            • The “NEW” LifePoint website unleashed!
                            • Sometimes you need to improvise.
                            • The Ranting Slovak
                            • The first teaching team meeting
                            • What is our website saying?
                            • I need to learn to say no
                            • Do less for more.
                            • When the fish aren’t biting
                            • Looking back at 04/22/07
                            • 5:24 and feeling pretty good
                            • A different kind of Saturday
                            • Passover
                            • Printing costs for a new church…GotPrint
                            • This is just a test but still very cool
                            • New phone with new possibilities
                            • Just Eat It!
                            • Above and Beyond
                          • ► March
                            • Last minute marketing blitz
                            • How to tell God’s Story – Part IV
                            • Comments
                            • Risky Giver
                            • Faith that pays rent
                            • Redeem the Time…Subscribe
                            • What in the world are you doing for Heaven’s sake?
                            • “Chip In” now working
                            • 5 posts in one…what a bargain
                            • They’re on to me…
                            • The blog break is over!
                            • The Christian Bloggers Network
                            • How to tell God’s Story – Part III
                            • How to Tell God’s Story - Part II
                            • How to tell God’s Story
                            • Making mountains move…even the small ones.
                            • Simplify your life, or at least part of it.
                            • God is F@&$ing Awesome!
                            • The Official Launch
                            • Help me stop wasting time…
                            • The Lost Tomb of Jesus
                            • The Jesus Tomb
                            • Working together…that’s a thought
                            • New blog layout
                          • ► February
                            • Church consumerism at its best
                            • The many faces of James Laws
                            • We’re Not There Yet
                            • Exercise Deprived
                            • Missionally Connected, God Deprived
                            • Sleep Deprived
                            • Sometimes its Good to Feel Bad
                            • Me and my big mouth
                            • Am I going crazy?
                            • Just a Person and Their Dream
                            • Information Overload and the Vision Forklift
                            • Making Good Decisions
                            • WOW!
                            • Core Value: Pray like it depends on God and work like it depends on you
                            • Who Knows, Who Cares, Who Acts?
                            • Some Pictures from Our 2-18-07 Preview Service
                            • Second Preview Service: Worse but Better
                            • A prayer for February 18th, Part One
                            • Keep It Simple, Stupid…
                            • Core Value: Playing it Safe is Risky
                            • Books I wish I were reading
                            • Another blog I’ve started posting on.
                            • Some great posts church leaders should be reading
                            • 5 Reasons I Stink at Halo2
                            • A Cause for Our Community
                            • Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6
                            • 5 Characteristics of Highly Critical People
                            • I couldn’t resist
                            • Books I Am Reading Again
                            • Mentor From a Distance: Craig Groeschel
                            • Core Value: Love people when they least expect it and least deserve it
                            • So many great posts, so little time
                            • Redefine “religionâ€? with your life
                            • Be careful what you say and do.
                            • Are you prepared?
                          • ► January
                            • I love it when a plan comes together.
                            • We all put our foot in our mouth sometimes.
                            • Core Value: Irrelevance is Irreverence
                            • Handling delicate issues in a changing society
                            • The Revolutionary Community
                            • The Launch Team
                            • According to House: Actions speak louder than words
                            • Best of the Blogs
                            • Get it in writing
                            • New denominations for the 21st century
                            • Making some changes in leadership
                            • Are you the one to what you are?
                            • 01/21/2007 - What is a successful sneak preview service?
                            • Attack from the devil, sign from God or just a bad week?
                            • Saturday morning and the game is on.
                            • Core Value: Expect the Unexpected
                            • Called, ordained or spiritually challenged? Part 2
                            • Called, ordained or spiritually challenged?
                            • The Risk & Return of a Church Planter - Pt. 1
                            • 13 days and counting
                            • One day at a time.
                            • Happy New Year!
                        • ► 2006
                          • ► December
                            • It’s in the mail
                            • Darkness Falls
                            • They write the songs that make the whole world sing.
                            • A night at the movie theatre.
                            • I don’t know what is scarier.
                            • A day in the life of a bi-vocational pastor.
                            • What I value most.
                            • Security deposits and rent, oh my!