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Mar 17, 2011
Ramblings on Ministry and Codependence
Over the years I have interacted with many people who were drawn into church because they lacked healthy relationships in the outside world. Once they feel the love of the Body of Christ, they jump in head first. They get involved in almost everything as soon as they are able to. They make sure they are at every event and every service. And they tend to gravitate either to the pastor’s family, or... read more
Mar 14, 2011
But There’s a Lot of Poor People
A few days ago, one of my leaders and I went to meet with a community leader to share with him the vision of our church within our immediate region and our plans for Easter to see that vision begin to be realized. The community leader responded with great enthusiasm; saying how desperately this region needed something like what we were planning to do, how there was nothing like this happening here, and how... read more
Dec 28, 2010
Missing Link
Our church has quite a few visitors in our services each week. One of the things that we pride ourselves in is creating our worship experiences with two people in mind, “Jesus and Christ and you”. In other words, we work hard to make our services accessible to anyone off of the street who has never had any experience with Christ or His Church. They’re the group of people that we want to... read more
Dec 7, 2010
The Good, The Bad, and Everyone Else
I’ve been around Christianity and ministry all of my life. To say the least, I have observed many things about people and how they respond to the grace of Christ. And without trying to be trivial and simply categorize people, I have taken notice of three types of people who respond in apparent positive ways towards the Gospel; the “Good”, the “Bad”, and “Everyone... read more
Aug 12, 2010
Random Thoughts on Those Who Focus On and Believe in the Bizarre
The garbage that people believe never ceases to amaze me. Extreme superstition, spiritism, angel worship, humanism, and self-idolatry has crept into the Church in huge ways and tends to prey on the uneducated, the poor, and the naive. Out of the fear of offending and losing large numbers in their churches, pastors can tend to turn a blind eye to such heresy. But confronting heresy and departures from the... 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.