Mar 4, 2011
Soft and Sappy
So my wife, kids, and I are in Southern California so I can attend a pastors’ conference. The only problem is that I’m gone all day and when I come back to the hotel, there are two sleeping kids in the bed next to us. Needless to say, there has been no time alone and hardly any adult conversation. Being the parents of small children is rewarding and incredible, but it is also a unique and often... read more
Dec 30, 2010
Impacting Obscurity
Maybe you are feeling insignificant. Like you have nothing to contribute to this world and the advancement of God’s Kingdom. Maybe you feel too…average. But as I have been studying Acts Chapter 9 and the conversion of the the Christian-killer Saul, an obscure figure of history stands out to me. His name is Ananias. Ananias was an early Christian, and the first Christian mentioned by name... read more
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
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 4, 2010
Snowball
A snowball is formed. It is rolled down a steep hill. All along the way it gathers more snow. All along the way it picks up speed. It grows larger and larger, and faster and faster. Momentum is building and building. In front of it lies rocks, trees, structures, and creatures who would love to slow it down, make it smaller, and sustain it at a snail-like pace and size- things that hate momentum. There are... 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.