News & Updates

At the end of August, my passionate daughter, Lauren, decided she wanted to connect with our subdivision kids.  Lauren began a Wednesday game night.  We’ve seen 40+ come and go through kickball, capture the flag, zombie apocalypse games (don’t ask), and Wiffle ball. Over the past several months, we’ve begun to know many of the kids… especially one young man dubiously named P.C.   P.C. is from Paulding County.  He’s ten.  After school, He stays with his grandparents until his mom…

I wrestled with a bit of the flu this week. We had been in Indiana in a crowded, warm house for several days over Thanksgiving. An invasion of germs did a hostile takeover of my smoothie, juicing, supplement regimen. I wound up in bed for a whole lousy day. To my chagrin, I discovered, again, how misery does really enjoy company. I turned the TV on. Have you watched late morning and afternoon TV lately? Misery. A plethora of TV Judge shows abound. Judge Judy, Joe Brown,…

Take a look at the above photo.  There’s a ten-year difference between takes.  Which one of the Scott clan do you think has changed the most in ten years?  Who hasn’t changed, and who’s the guy in the right hand corner needing some Grecian Formula beard help?  This fun little digital exercise caused great pause and wonderful memories to flood our souls.  Sherry and I can see the shaping of unique and magnificent identities as we stare into a decade…

We would get up early on Thanksgiving and immediately turn on the Macy’s Parade. Most of the time my dad would be up early doing hard-core turkey stuff. As a kid, the turkey prep seemed an odd ritual. Because of our huge family (9 siblings) our home was typically the gathering place. Consequently, our turkeys were huge. 23lbs+ was quite standard. My dad would massage butter over the entire bird, always wrestling with it right there on the kitchen counter.…

Our CCC offices, my Facebook page, and the news media are all a buzz about the new Braves stadium.  In less than three years, the crack of bat to ball will be resounding in a major league way just down the street from Cumberland.  How crazy is that? What is a reasonable response to all of this hard ball frenzy?  How should we respond to 40,000 people knocking on our front door eighty days a summer?  A small wooden sign…

Isn’t anticipation an incredible thing?  What determines whether or not you anticipate something with dread or great excitement?   Anticipation is attached to dread when:  1) you’re out of your sweet spot; 2) you’re unprepared; 3) there has been absolutely no assurance of any type outcome. What about excitement saddled up to anticipation?  How does this work?  Three keys to being excited with whatever looms in the future are:  1) confidence given from one who is an authority; 2) consistent rehearsal,…

My family gets a kick out of Halloween.  We like to engage our neighbors and not hide.  We project Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” onto our garage door.  We usually get standing audiences.  This year we made a big cave out of our front porch.   Kids had to come into the cave and get their candy from a creepy old man (Lauren… not me!).  All the while, several adults from our community group sat outside and engaged the beggars of all ages.…

Soooo… this week I caught a cold.  Blah & ugh.  There’s much controversy on what to do when you get sick.  Most will confuse the old adage:  feed a cold/starve a fever… or is it the other way around?  Idk!  Some are quick to get the pink antibiotic, while others are slow for even ibuprofen. My path this week has been fresh juice, popping oregano oil capsules every three hours, drinking hot, herbal, green tea, getting good sleep, and heading…

Would God really put aspartame in His holy, ordained Testamints?  THAT should get you a thinkin’ on this awesome, Fall Friday! How about this question…  Is all that Christian stuff bad?  You know what I’m referring to:  t-shirts, CD’s, coffee mugs, books, Bible covers, key chains, scripture wrapped mints, and anything with Jesus’ white, American, blue-eyed face plastered on it.  Is that stuff bad?  It continues to be debated in church world. Some will tout the benefits of Christian supplies,…

This week I’ve had the privilege of being in New York City with CCC’s Outside The Walls Pastor, Rob Irvine.  We’ve participated in a 10-city covenant conference attached to the New York City birthed Movement Day.  BTW, Rob did a brief presentation about what God is up to at Cumberland.  He spoke with great passion.  He was one of the few presenters to receive lively applause when he concluded.  I was very excited and proud of how God is using…