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The past 3 days I’ve been in some incredible meetings.  Been checking my emails as I can.  Several exciting issues are happening with several planters that have come out of NorthWood.  Everything from meeting Howard Schultz, to multiplying a church, to getting land, to you name it.  One thing that I’ve realized is, you plant a church for only the first 2 to 3 years max then regardless of where you meet you’re a church.  However, once a church planter, a church planter always thinks of himself as a church planter.  I think of myself as a church planter.  That was 22 years ago!!!!  I’m glad to say I’m a church multiplier, and that keeps us up on the edge.  What sets a planter apart is vision, desperation, risk, and experimentation.  Those are 4 things that should stay in a pastors life until the very end.  I did a ropes course yesterday with several pastors. The guy who cracked me up the most was a guy named Ted Trailer.  He had to balance himself, and it was hilarious seeing this red-headed, white-legged, skinny, knock-kneed man trying to hold on for dear life, but he was doing it!  When we “settle” in whatever ministry we’re in, we’ve lost the “ethos” of a church planter.  Rock on little bros - Big Bobby is rootin’ for ya!  Come on you young punks--you just try to keep up with me!