Dec 13, 2010
Set Your Eyes to Zion
It was an early Sunday morning in December; the 12th of December to be exact. 2004. My wife and I had been anxiously anticipating the birth of our first child for nine fast months. We had made an agreement over five years earlier that we would wait five years into our marriage before we would consider having children. That was one of the greatest decisions we have ever made as it allowed us to grow up,... read more
Dec 10, 2010
Closer
Every step is another step closer. Every breath is another breath closer. Every heart beat is another beat closer. Every word is another word closer. Every thought is another thought closer. Every cell multiplication is another split closer. Every hug is another hug closer. Every “I love you” is another one closer. To the last. You never know when your last day will be. You never know when the... read more
Oct 13, 2010
Keep Walk’n
I have been given a path to walk down. Some people like the path. Some people do not. Some people wish I’d walk on their path. Some people wish that I’d walk on the old path they used to walk on. Some people wish that my path was wider and included more things. Some people wish that my path was narrower and excluded more things. Some people wish that I walked the path for financial... read more
Oct 1, 2010
A Difficult Hike
Two days ago my wife and I took a hike- literally. We headed up a steep upper-moderately difficult trail on the Oregon Coast to the top of Cascade Head. It’s is known to have one of the most spectacular views of the central Oregon coast. The trail took us through dense forest, over bridges spanning deep water run-off paths, through vast grassy meadows, and back and forth on a switch-back trail edged... read more
Aug 21, 2010
The Game of Risk (uncontrollable circumstance)
Tonight I learned how to play the board game Risk. I still have a LOT to learn. In the game you strategically ‘make moves’ to take over countries, trying to conquer the entire world. Succeeding in the game is greatly dependent on experience, skill, strategy, risk, patience, determination, and motivation. But a huge factor that success in the game of Risk is based on is a factor made of... 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.