Zoe in Lubbock, Texas

Major props to everyone at the Monterey Church in Lubbock for an outstanding job of hosting the Zoe conference! Your love, graciousness, humor, hospitality, hard work and food were all appreciated!

One of the great things about being part of the Zoe conferences this year is that I get to spend time with my best buddy Brandon Scott Thomas and my new buddy Rich Smith. Those two men spur me on to love and good works (and make me laugh a lot too). It's such a blessing to experience the worship and teaching at the conference and then have people like Rich and Brandon to process it with.

Here is what God gave me this weekend:

1. God needs interruptible people. If I recognize His voice and stay open to holy interruptions, my priorities will be messed with. I may find out that pausing to have a simple conversation that God asks me to have might be the most important thing I do in a day filled with activities I thought were important. Be interruptible.

2. God is looking for lover's, not workers. Even hard workers may never love you, but lover's will do anything for you.

There were a lot of good things shared and some wonderful teachings presented, but that is what God had for me.

BTW, I met a few people in Lubbock who actually read this blog on occasion, including one of my 6th grade teachers, Craig Gray. Good to see you Coach Gray!