Celebrating 10 Years all through 2018

January has been a busy month.  My previous entry included a Vision Kick-Off for Saddleback Church.  I wanted to save a recent blog my friend, DJ, ran across on a national website: Juicy Ecumenism.  It was a friendly new year article on “Trashing the Megachurch”.  I found the writer to be playful, factual, and provided some reasonable insights to the mega church phenomenon.  At the same time, he proudly stated his preference for intimate worship styles and concluded with a positive encouragement to his fellow church brothers in larger contexts.  READ THE ARTICLE HERE.

But, that didn’t catch my attention.  The photo (above) was a photo of our home church campus in Irvine, CA.  That’s our stage: people, lights, and me!  At first, I was thinking how did this obscure blogger get our photo?  And, why is he associating our photo with his article on mega-churches? Nevertheless, I took the opportunity to ask my friend to comment on the blog with this below: