Excuses

So, what is your number one, most sophisticated, most beautiful EXCUSE? The market, the economy, the recession, the government, your spouse, your boss, your lack of _____ (you fill in the blank)... If you're looking for a good excuse to explain why you don't have or cannot become, then you won't have to look very far... But what if you bagged that excuse this week? You can always pick it back up if it's working for you. Why not focus on what you desire, what you HAVE and who you ARE-- and go find your miracle. Miracles hide from excuses, and are drawn to faith and hope-- and are typically just a good reason to QUIT... Just BELIEVE, and go DO. (This one is for me)

Prison Peace

Unbelievable day up at one of the prisons where we serve. Largest gathering we have had on a Friday morning in well over a year... But it wasn't the size of the group, but more importantly, WHO was there. The five top leaders came and brought their crews. If I was ever going to feel vulnerable, it would have been today. But I didn't... Surrounded by leaders with powerful influence and their enemies in the same room, I felt a powerful energy moving throughout the group. Everyone was respectful and very attentive, and there wasn't an officer in the room for the entire hour and a half. These rival gang leaders are now seriously discussing peace in Georgia's most dangerous prison... Now tell me that God is not healing the land.

Amazing

Tonight was an extraordinary night that I will NEVER forget... I thought we were gathering to launch our Power of Peace Ministries, Inc; but we happened to invite the WHOLE neighborhood. Around 7pm, the most beautiful, big group of "real people" began to file in. Soon the sanctuary was filled with Marietta's "least of these." The broken, beautiful people of the streets had stopped by. We sang to them, we inspired them, we learned from them, and then we fed them ALL that they could eat --a Birdie Boy Fish Fry... God had other plans for tonight, and His plan is ALWAYS better than my best one. (The Rock Stars: "Birdie Boy & Snoop" pictured below-- and many thanks to the MCC and AMCC volunteers!)

Come and See Us!

Please join me at noon on Friday, Sept. 21st as I will be interviewed by Author and Speaker Carra Riley on her Blogtalk Radio Show... Just click the link and listen, or better yet, call in with a question. Hope to see you there! (link below) http://www.blogtalkradio.com/carra-riley/2012/09/21/the-power-of-peace-project

Favor

What a day on Friday at San Quentin State Prison... Walking through that infamous prison yard, and it was FULL, we were meeting guys from all different "backgrounds" as guys played football, basketball, worked out, etc... It was like a movie. Then we got to go inside and speak to a group of the inmates-- a day I'll never forget. (There is a "sameness" to the convicts all over the country, and even around the world, that we are meeting-- and that's not a bad thing-- just real men looking for answers.) And yes, I DID sense the spirit of Johnny Cash in there...

Remarkable

Wow... What an amazing day at the prison where we began what has become a national prison peace movement... The Power of Peace Project, Inc. (our 501c3) is currently working with the leadership of the three most powerful inmate "organizations" at this dangerous camp, and we are beginning to discuss real, attainable peace... As we waited to get into our space for our weekly "Peace at Hays" meeting this morning, the prison was put on lock down as a gang member who had been stabbed multiple times was carted out AFTER we had arrived. Afterward, our meeting took a powerful and serious tone as one of the most influential convicts at this prison spoke about raising the "kids" (young men) that are showing up in these prisons, and then I spoke of Purpose and Power. Peace is within our sight... Come and see us-- maybe YOU can find some Peace too.

Trouble?

Are YOU or someone you know in Trouble? Come and see us... Your kids in trouble? Come and see us. Finances in trouble-- come and see us. Marriage in trouble-- come and see us. Legal trouble? Come and see us. Health troubles-- come and see us... Why? Because we are "The Ministry of Trouble." (We find PEACE in Troubled Places) Only one condition though: when you get OUT of trouble, you gotta go help someone else who is still IN trouble-- Deal? Where and when-- Details coming soon.