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Josh GriffinMore Posts Google Searches That Lead Here: Volume 37

Here’s a roundup of some of the more interesting search phrases that people actually used to find this blog in the past 7 days. I kid you not:

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JG

Add Comment August 31, 2007

Josh GriffinMore Posts Book Review: Life’s Healing Choices

Just about done with the new book by Celebrate Recovery author John Baker. Managed to snag a copy of it up at the Summit this week. It is going to be a very popular book, especially for those in the most intense darkness – there’s some powerful testimonies of people in all sorts of situation that found healing and recovery, and included are all of the principles that John speaks about every week at the CR meetings.

My favorite part of the book, one that he keeps hitting on every few pages, is life-changing salvation from Jesus Christ. So often people question the “higher power” of AA and programs that offer recovery, but this book will leave no doubts in the minds of the readers: true recovery is incomplete without Christ.

And that’s a message we all need to remember.

JG

Add Comment August 17, 2007

Josh GriffinMore Posts Celebrate Recovery Summit

These people are excited! What an exciting year for Celebrate Recovery and the Summit (going on right now on Saddleback’s campus). They’ve got a new book, and amazing new Bible, a brand new podcast and a whole bunch of blogs. So awesome!

JG

Add Comment August 16, 2007

Josh GriffinMore Posts Panera Bread Bummer

Just finished lunch at Panera Bread with Johnny Baker from Celebrate Recovery.

this posted edited at the request of Panera Bread

JG

Add Comment April 18, 2007

Josh GriffinMore Posts Passion Service This Weekend

Had a really fun Passion venue weekend at Saddleback, we’ve got some donuts and coffee greeting people as they enter, it’s starting to turn the tent into a somewhat welcoming environment. Pastor Tom spoke this weekend on Psalm 23 – a great challenge to get rest from our busy lives and go deeper in our walk with God. Good stuff – had a testimony from the Celebrate Recovery Summit, too, and I managed to work in my “Shrimp Grits” story in the introduction. Fun!

In the middle of the message, they had scheduled a song and we instead opted for some background music while everyone rewrote Psalm 23 in their own words, shaped by the context of their personal lives. I think the temptation with Scripture is to always read it in the general, and never see it intersecting with real life. This particular idea was one I experienced at Granger back in 2004. A powerful exercise …

Getting ready for the big SHAPE series this Fall. Look out!

JG

Add Comment August 20, 2006

Josh GriffinMore Posts Life Hurts, God Heals FAQ

Just finished updating Simply with a new FAQ section for Life Hurts, God Heals – a great resource for hurting kids. It’s more or less the student version of Celebrate Recovery, and has seen great success here at Saddleback. Get your questions answered!

JG