Mar 24, 2011
Catalyst West Coast. Labs. Closing Session Notes with David Platt.
Catalyst Labs closing session resounded with beautiful worship led by Aaron Keyes who wonderfully quoted the Scriptures throughout leading in song. The speaker for the closing session of Catalyst Labs was David Platt, pastor of The Church at Brook Hills in Birmingham, AL. He walked onto stage literally overcome with the opportunity to speak here and all that God is doing through him. He opened up by... read more
Mar 22, 2011
Catalyat West Coast. Labs. Session 2 Notes with Michael Hyatt.
CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishing, Michael Hyatt, shared in the second lab I went to at Catalyst West Coast Labs. Hyatt, a highly successful businessman, related and connected to his diverse audience by humanizing himself in showing us pictures of his family. At first I thought this was strange or egocentric but after thinking for a while, I saw that he used these personal things in his life to bridge a... read more
Mar 21, 2011
Catalyst West Coast. Labs. Breakout Session 1 Notes with Mark Batterson.
Pastor of Capital Community Church, and author, Mark Batterson was the speaker for the first breakout session in the ENGAGE track for Catalyst Labs. Batterson’s charisma and dependence upon the power of the Holy Spirit was evident from the moment he took the stage and opened up in prayer. He invited us to listen to his short message, as he believed that it would increase our measure of faith to step... read more
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
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.