Apr 11, 2010
Post Easter Sunday
So your church probably had a large number of visitors last Sunday. You, as a pastor, gave them the best service programming of the year and preached your heart out. You preached the Gospel in creative and complelling ways. You saw new people respond to the message and surrender their lives to Jesus. You tried your best to follow up with all of your visitors. All week long you were given affirmation for... read more
Apr 9, 2010
A Controversial Decision in a Marriage, Part 2
So what was the counter-cultural decision that my wife and I made over two years ago which strikes such astonishment into the hearts of those who find out? It was our decision for my wife to stay at home with our two children. People are almost offended when they find out- as if we are living in sin for not obeying the rules of culture. People say things like,” how can you afford…?”... read more
Apr 7, 2010
A Controversial Decision in a Marriage, Part 1
A little over two years ago my wife and I made a controversial decision. It was counter-cultural to the core. When people hear of our decision they raise their eyebrows and treat us as if we are crazy or digenerate blatant sinners. People wonder why on earth we would do such a thing and assume I must be taking advantage of my employer and making large sums of money illegitimately in order to make such an... read more
Apr 6, 2010
Planning for Effectiveness. Planning for Easter
Wow! What an amazing Easter Weekend! I got to sit back and watch God transform lives through His Word and His presence. At our Good Friday Service I saw God remind people of His love for them by dying a brutal death on their behalf. I got to see God confirm to people that their sins were forgiven and nailed securely to His cross. Oh to experience freedom in Christ! On Easter Sunday I had the sacred... read more
Apr 6, 2010
Thirty
I remember myself as a child trying to imagine what I would look like as a teenager. I wanted to know what I would be like and what kind of things I would do. I dreamed of things like having my driver’s license and doing what I wanted with my friends. My parents were much older than all of my friends’ parents so age was more relative to me than my peers. When a friend thought that someone who... read more
In Kindergarten I was officially voted 'Most Inquisitive'.
I have been asking questions ever since as I believe that they are the catalyst to discovering the world all around us.
The answers to these questions have led me into an everlasting committed relationship with Jesus Christ, into a marriage with the love of my life, and into being the father of the two most beautiful children on earth.
It is my personal mission to glorify God with my life, advance His Kingdom through my ministry, and to love my family with everything I have.
I am the Pastor at Fellowship Church in Salem, Oregon and these are my thoughts on life.