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Things You Might Not Know About Your Pastor -By Amber

February 9, 2012 in Family, Mi Vida Loca with 0 Comments

Its Amber, Pastor Zak’s wife and I am taking over the blog today! I know our pastor better than anyone (I had better…especially after ten years of marriage!)

Revolution Church, here are some things you might not know about your pastor:

  1. Pastor Zak is a HUGE Romantic (he writes me a love note each week and places it in a different place…O’So special to me!) He still dates me like he did in high school. He plans every date and takes me out at least every other week. He wants to model what it means to be a great husband to our son Couper.
  2. Pastor Zak has a dance party everyday! I am not kidding, last year he danced for at least one minute per day all 365 days of the year. It keeps him joyful. And it freaks Couper out a little.
  3. He is his own worst critic.
  4. I like to call him “hound dog” because he smells literally everything and can smell things from a mile away.
  5. When Pastor Zak is passionate about something he is completely SOLD OUT…there is NO half hearted commitment! Its all or nothing, go big or go home with him in everything.
  6. His Pet-Peeve is when people say they are going to do something and they don’t follow through.
  7. He has to hit the clear button on the microwave when it is finished or flashing…it drives him “cray cray” for it to not have the time on it.
  8. He loves God and loves people. He follows God with every bone in his body and has this ability to call things out in people and challenge them.

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Merry Christmas from the White House

December 25, 2011 in Family, GOD, Revolution Church with Comments Off

Merry Christmas from the White House to you and your family!

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Christmas Debt – RUN!

November 25, 2011 in Creativity, Family, Goals, Productivity with Comments Off

Don’t be a dummy this Christmas and end up stuck with debt after the holidays that stresses you out and knocks you down financially. I read this week that 13 million Americans are still paying off last years holiday debt. That is SAD.

It IS possible to buy all of your Christmas gifts without incurring any debt. Here is how we roll at the White House:

  1. We save money for Christmas throughout the year. This is very simple. Add up how much you think you will need for Christmas (do this for 2012 NOW) and then divide by 12. Put that much in savings each month. Trust me. It is the most refreshing thing to get to the holiday season and already have everything you need in your savings account!
  2. In late October, we prepare a Christmas budget that guides how we spend EVERY PENNY of the money we have saved all year. We use Joe Sangl’s free Mini-Budget Tool. We include everything on this budget. It has stuff on it like:
    • food for Christmas parties
    • gas to travel over the holidays
    • gifts for each person we will buy for
    • Christmas cards and postage
    • Money we save for any special opportunities to be generous over the holidays
  3. Balance your Christmas budget to EXACTLY ZERO. Spend every penny on paper BEFORE you go out and start buying stuff.
  4. Finally, the MOST IMPORTANT way to stay out of holiday debt is to actually USE the budget! Spend according to how you have planned!

Its simple…go for it!

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Halloween and the Extra Mile

October 31, 2011 in Creativity, Family, Life Change, Revolution Church with Comments Off

Check out our pumpkin carving time lapse video below. Happy Halloween!

Here is our Jack o Lantern. Couper picked out the eyes and mouth.

Its Halloween. Couper is REALLY fired up about it this year. All day people will be hurrying to the store to get candy to pass out. Other’s will be putting the final touches on their yard to make it super creepy for a few hours tonight.

It blows my mind how far some people will go just to scare the neighborhood kids. This blog isn’t about some moral opinion on Halloween.

What I am really talking about it how some people can put so much blood (ok fake blood), sweat and tears into Halloween while so many churches put so little work into creating and crafting the worship experience.

There are tons of people that will put more work into scaring kids tonight than we will into creating a welcoming environment in our churches for the entire year. All they are doing is having some fun for one evening scaring people. We are doing something of eternal significance.

If there is anybody that should be spending time and resources creating an amazing experience for people, its us, the church.

As we trick or treat with Couper tonight, I am going to keep in mind the value of working hard every single weekend and going the extra mile to reach people far from God and see a spiritual revolution take place.

Tonight people will work hard to scare. In a few days, we get the opportunity to introduce people to the Savior of the world, Jesus Christ! Let’s work hard, be creative and pour ourselves out for the mission!

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