Jun 19, 2010 Posted by Anthony

Anniversary

Today marks 11 years of marriage for Susan and I. I have had the priviledge of knowing this woman nealry 20 years, dating her for 15, and being married to her for 11. It’s been a wonderful 11 years. Getting married at such a young age has caused us to go through many changes as individuals, but we’ve done them together. I, without question, love this woman a million times more than I did the... read more

Jun 17, 2010 Posted by Anthony

Characteristics of Highly Unforgettable Leaders (from Joe Champion)

A few weeks ago i went to the Association of Related Churches Pacific Northwest Pastors Gathering at New Beginnings Church in Gresham, Oregon. It was a pleasure to have Joe Champion from Celebration Church in Austin Texas as the conference’s keynote teacher. Here are a few notes that Champion shared from his thoughts on David’s Mighty Men found in 2 Samuel... read more

Jun 14, 2010 Posted by Anthony

Mission Accomplishing

Yesterday was a good day. Our church held its first ever Summer Kick-Off Party as a way to share the grace, love, and hope of Christ with our community. We blessed them with a free BBQ, concerts, giveaways, pony rides, face painting, bouncy castles, and much more. We saw hundreds of people gather on our property and built relationships with many new people. Through a outdoor church service we even saw... read more

Jun 9, 2010 Posted by Anthony

If You’re Not Offending…

Lately I’ve been giving some challenging messages to my church. Overall, people are receiving them well and doing something with them in their lives in return. We have, however, lost some people because of the challenges, changes, and expectations set within the church. I was talking to a friend of mine about this and how sometimes it can be very disheartening to a leader to know that even though... read more

Jun 8, 2010 Posted by Anthony

Whoomp! There Obama Is!

This is such a great story! The internet has been buzzing for the past few days about the possibility that Barack Obama was in Tag Team’s Whoomp! There It Is music video in 1993. I thought the idea was preposterous until I saw it myself. At exactly 1 minute, 1 second into the video an apparent  ’young looking Obama’ shows up for about 2 seconds playing dominoes and talking on a brick... read more