the life of a renaissance pastor
If you live in California you are now in month two of a ridiculous law: no holding your phone to your ear to talk. Oh you can text all you want, but don’t hold that phone to your face. For me, I’m always pushing my bluetooth into my ear so I can hear, so I [...]
Well that’s how this guy explains it “hoy-hoy-hoy..”
He showed up in Ireland, even though he was in Georgia. Then he dissapeared, then reappeared. Interesting. His other videos are even more strange, pretty offensive, I won’t post a link to his site, or any other videos - you can follow up on your own. No wonder [...]
QuietTime.tv looks like a cool new use for web 2.0 & video. I know that I don’t get enough “quiet time” and when I’m in community with others, there’s cool things that come up that I would have never thought of. So I am excited about this. Go check it out today and here’s a [...]
My son Miles is a HUGE Star Wars fan, as was I when I was a little boy. I had all the toys, dressed up like Luke Skywalker (who I called Luke Flyswatter), and watched the movies every time I had a chance. Now my son has followed in his dad’s footsteps. The coolest thing [...]
My wife’s father lives in Decatur, Alabama.
We went out and visited him a few years ago.
While we were there I told Jen we should visit a church.
She said that we didn’t bring our “church clothes”.
I said, “come again?”
Needless to say, we didn’t go to church. There was literally nothing going on (that we could find) [...]
I can’t tell you how often I hear worship leaders complain that the people don’t sing, don’t clap, aren’t engaged, or just don’t show up for worship. I feel their pain, trust me, I’ve been leading worship for 15 years. But how come Tom Petty can get a crowd of X-thousand people all singing, without [...]
Found this over at Motionhouse’s Blog.
I wish the people who did this to us understood. Unfortunately, I don’t think they ever will…
I know, I know, this will make me super popular with all you musical purists, frankly I don’t care. There’s some music that’s just good cuz it’s good - Bryan Adams is that kind of music, plus he’s Canadian, which is always a plus.
This post it dedicated to my wife, who is just a little [...]
I just got this video of me teaching a few months ago.
That was a bunch of fun - the whole idea I was trying to illustrate was that sometimes a christians we just have to step out in faith and begin living, and as we do we begin to learn what God has in store [...]
Last week we made our final trip down to Children’s Hospital in San Diego to get Macy’s cast off. And we got great news - completely healed! I chock this up to God’s amazing grace in our lives - things could have been so much different. Jen and I really want to thank all of [...]
My name is Alex McLean and I am currently the executive pastor at LifeChurch in the Temecula Valley of Southern California. IÕve been a youth pastor and worship leader, as well as a media/communications pastor so I am into all kinds of things creative. At the core, I am just a guy who is trying to live right, and live life - not let it happen. I try and stay open & teachable, humble if I can say that. ThatÕs really one of the reasons I blog, is to share my experiences in life and learn from others. God has blessed me with more than I deserve and IÕm so thankful for that. A beautiful wife and two incredible children. More friends and family than you can shake a stick at and just an amazing life that I am allowed to enjoy and or struggle with every day.