http://tstaires.blogsome.com The ramblings of a small town worship pastor. Wed, 03 Jun 2009 05:34:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Yep, you read right. It’s moving day! TonyStaires.com is officially up and running. I’m still updating several things on the site, but in the meantime feel free to go and check things out. I will be using the new site for my blog, so I will no longer be updating ... http://tstaires.blogsome.com/2009/06/03/its-moving-day/ I came across this video on Elevation Church’s Creative Blog and thought I would share the fun. I want to share a some quick thoughts that I got from the video. 1) Be heard - sometimes it’s not what you say, but how you communicate it, that gets you heard. ... http://tstaires.blogsome.com/2009/03/17/be-heard/ These guys are from my hometown and now are now out rocking across the US. I know several of them, so it’s really cool to see how far they’ve come. Check ‘em out. This is Colour Revolt. http://tstaires.blogsome.com/2009/02/11/hometown-rock-n-roll/ Here is one of my newer songs “Mercies New” recorded live at PPBC’s “Crazy Love” Dnow. All of the video was captured by Sebren using my Flip Video camera. I’m thinking this will be the title track to the album when I finally get it finished. Hope you enjoy! Mercies New ... http://tstaires.blogsome.com/2009/02/04/mercies-new-live/ I pulled this video from Tony Morgan’s blog. I know I recently posted a video on giving, but I really loved Perry’s view on church offering and I thought I would share. He is totally dead on when he mentions how for some reason it’s easy for us [church goers] ... http://tstaires.blogsome.com/2009/01/26/yet-another-tithingoffering-video/ I finally joined the rest of the social networking world and signed up for a Facebook account. So look me up and be my friend. http://tstaires.blogsome.com/2009/01/13/facebook/ After a poor week financially at GCGC, this video brought a little laughter into my day. I pulled this from Wes Watson’s blog who is the Lead Producer at Elevation Church in Charlotte, NC. Yule-Tithe Cheer from Tony Staires on Vimeo. I encourage everyone to give more than they receive this Christmas ... http://tstaires.blogsome.com/2008/12/22/yule-tithe-cheer/ I was thinking earlier today that “I can’t believe it’s been over a month since my last blog.” I think it’s because lately I find myself wearing many “hats” or dealing with many different responsibilities throughout my day. I can go from church management staff to web developer in a ... http://tstaires.blogsome.com/2008/12/15/many-many-hats/ I love marketing. Specifically church marketing. New ideas in presentation, advertising, and communication really peaks my interest. I think there is always room for improvement in the way the church markets itself to the community. I pray that one day the church can set the standard in global marketing, but ... http://tstaires.blogsome.com/2008/11/11/what-if-starbucks-marketed-like-your-church/ This post as been a long time coming after been subjected to what I like to call “twitter abuse”. Twitter abuse can come in many different forms, such as: excessive tweets, tweeting outside of normal waking hours, excessively long tweets, and the list goes on. I’ve warned several of ... http://tstaires.blogsome.com/2008/10/29/twitter-etiquette/ For some reason I’ve read more books in the last year than I’ve read in my lifetime. I wanted to share some quick thoughts on a book I recently finished. “Wild Goose Chase: Reclaim the Adventure of Pursuing God” written by Mark Batterson, who is the paster at National ... http://tstaires.blogsome.com/2008/10/29/chase-the-goose/ I’ve posted before about Perry Noble and Newspring Chruch, but just wanted to share a video clip from last weeks message that kicked off the new series named “Beautiful”. This new series is totally geared toward women, so if you are a lady check out this message and stay tuned ... http://tstaires.blogsome.com/2008/10/21/crumbs/ I recently finished a fantastic book “It: How churches and leaders can get it and keep it” by Craig Groeschel, who is the lead pastor at LifeChurch.tv. I would recommend this book to anyone who is any sort of leadership position, whether it be ministry, secular, staff, volunteer, high or ... http://tstaires.blogsome.com/2008/10/14/do-you-have-it/ I’m totally stoked! I’ve been without my iSight for several months, but somehow it started working again today. I’m not sure if it was me dropping my computer yesterday or uninstalling parallels that fixed things. Well all I know is…I once was blind, but now iSee. http://tstaires.blogsome.com/2008/10/06/i-once-was-blind/ Maybe you’ve heard this story, and maybe not, but when I found out about this I didn’t totally know what to think. I’ve gone through mixed emotions with regards to this, so I’ll let you be the judge. I totally believe there’s truth to be sung in this song, but ... http://tstaires.blogsome.com/2008/09/15/truth-consequences/ Alright I need all of my readers to hook me up with some votes @ the Ragamuffin T-shirt Design Contest. The person with the best score after 2 weeks wins. The winner gets a free shirt and some crazy link love from Ragamuffinsoul.com. Also, the shirt will be sold @ ... http://tstaires.blogsome.com/2008/09/03/i-need-some-stars/ Ladies, it’s been a long time coming for this REVOLUTION. We (men) have been oppressed for many years to submit to your authority over this household fixture. This is a sacred fixture where many men find inspiration, solitude, and the meaning of life. I want to salute the lone soldier ... http://tstaires.blogsome.com/2008/08/25/were-taking-it-back/ There’s something to be said about someone who “tells it like it is”. I’m not saying that we all should walk around telling people the first thing that comes to mind, but someone who “speaks truth in love” at all cost. As most of you know I try and watch ... http://tstaires.blogsome.com/2008/08/05/telling-it-like-it-is/ So I picked up Francis Chan’s book “Crazy Love” a few weeks ago and wanted to share a little from the chapter I’m reading. Chapter 4 describes people who are just living “lukewarm” lives for God, but there was a statement about 2/3 through the chapter that just really hit ... http://tstaires.blogsome.com/2008/07/30/lukewarm/ So I had some people comment wanting to hear more of my “Lynn” stories. Well my wife told me of a great “Lynn” moment that happened this past Friday. My buddy Lynn and his wife are expecting a baby around December (Lord help us). Like most expecting couples, they went to ... http://tstaires.blogsome.com/2008/07/28/oh-the-wisdom/ So I was lost in the world of blog reading today and came across this video from Lifechurch.tv. As you know when it comes to reading blogs, you can dive in one blog world and come out in a totally different one. I’m sort of into church marketing and creative ... http://tstaires.blogsome.com/2008/07/16/this-is-pretty-excellent/ Here is my contribution to the Ragamuffin Soul Creative Chaos #16. This is a video we used to intro a message in our “Running On Empty” series @ Grace Church Gulf Coast. We got the idea from The Late Show w/ David Letterman. Our pastor didn’t show up at church at ... http://tstaires.blogsome.com/2008/06/26/creative-chaos-16/ Here is the Revolution band performing “Mighty To Save” on Tuesday night of Revolution Mission Camp. I don’t believe this was part of the original set that night, but felt like it was an appropriate ending to the night. Thanks to all who make this camp a success every year. ... http://tstaires.blogsome.com/2008/06/23/our-god-is-mighty-to-save/ This is a picture of Lynn. Most of you that know me know Lynn and his stories. Oh, if you didn’t know, he was in the Navy for 6 months and 9 days (inside joke). Lynn’s a pretty cool fella, but sometimes he amazes me with his redneck encounters. While fishing with ... http://tstaires.blogsome.com/2008/06/03/you-might-be-a-redneck/ I finally received my copy of "Pop Goes the Church" by Tim Stevens today. It took a while to come in, but that’s life I guess. I hope to be able to finish up my current book (UnChristian by David Kinnaman) soon so I can get started reading. I can’t read more ... http://tstaires.blogsome.com/2008/06/02/i-got-mine-today/ I was so moved by Newspring’s mothers day video that I had to share. I don’t think of myself to be a big crier, but when I see God’s people move and God gets the glory something moves in me, and I become like a baby. While watching the video ... http://tstaires.blogsome.com/2008/05/14/ministry-that-makes-me-cry/ A wise friend told me one time, that a wise friend told him, "where ever you’re at…be all there." I’ve pondered this statement many times over the past months because of circumstances, frustrations, and just doing life. As I ponder on this statement I pray for the wisdom to understand ... http://tstaires.blogsome.com/2008/05/13/where-ever-you-are/ So it seemed about time for me to step into the big boy realm of blogging. I’m still not really sure why other than to make my site look better than Sebren’s. As I take baby steps into this grand world of blogging, I hope my faith, stories, and life ... http://tstaires.blogsome.com/2008/05/06/who-will-listen-to-me/