Todd Brown's Truisms

A publicity photo that was taken, but never used of Todd and Danielle Brown and myself. One of the reasons it was never used is because it looks like we're all scowling.

In two days, our church is going to have its first annual FCC Worship Conference. Lincoln Brewster and Rick Muchow (from Saddleback) will be out here speaking along with Pastor Todd, FCC's worship leader. It's pretty exciting.

Today, I had the honor to help Todd hone his opening session speech. One of the reasons Todd rocks is that he just shoots straight from the hip. Although his stuff is probably copyrighted, I thought I'd share some of my favorite quotes from our meeting today. I call them Todd Truisms.

On Unity with the Senior Pastor
"If you feel like you're not on board with the Pastor's vision for the church, like you're trying to pull a mule, then don't lead some revolt. Be like David - hide in the mountains and if you get a chance to kill the King, don't take it."

On the Importance of Honesty in Church
"If you want people to worship and connect with God, you gotta be authentic. If you want them to shut down, be fake. It's either the H.S. or the B.S. You can't have both."

On the Importance of Honesty
"Be yourself. If you suck, talk to God and He'll make you better."