Catalyst Road Trip

From our time with David Griffin, Paul McDill, & Randy Wade last Monday night…
(this post is being today written from Vail, CO)

Five years ago, after the first night of the 2003 Catalyst Conference, David Griffin and Paul McDill were chewing on a message they heard from Louie Giglio - a message about the irony of leadership - “if any man seeks to save his life, he will lose it.” Their thoughts snowballed and they began discussing new ideas about church.  Eventually they talked with their good friend Randy Wade and today they are a team of pastors leading the congregation of C|Life Church in reaching the community of Forney, TX. 3 Senior Pastors? Yes. And it’s working well!!!

David, Paul, Randy, and their families invited new Vanagon Vagabonds Chris Capeheart, Sally Hanson (my mom), and I to join them for dinner at Texas Land & Cattle - almost 20 people together in the back room for what quickly became the first Catlyst Road Trip Circus! Let’s just say this dinner was anything but dull and boring. Amdist the carnival of activity at the kids table next to us David, Paul, and Randy shared with us about how they felt “permission” from what they heard at the 2003 Catalyst Conference to dream ideas that challenge conventional process. 3 pastors? Some might say it can’t work. True, it is different, but C|Life Church is being established around a vision and mission in place of a personality. Their pastoral team must be anchored to high trust as all three are close friends and admit their lack of immunity to comparison and pride.  But as they shared honestly and openly, it wasn’t a discussion about what has been…rather, what they know could be if they get caught up in themselves. Even at dinner it became clear that the three do not compete with eachother, they build on the strengths of one another, very encouraging and exciting!

We were very excited to be able to spend time with David, Paul, Randy, and their families and look forward to seeing them again in October! Follow the trio of pastors from C|Life Church in Forney, TX at www.clifec.com.