Pastor's Blogs

Blessed Out!

This whole stewardship deal has been weighing on my mind a lot lately. 

Let me start by saying this... Pretty much all the things we say and do and specific choices we make along the way are just symptoms or natural actions of a deeper rooted belief.  Pause with me as I push my glasses back up the bridge of my nose with my middle finger and encourage you to read this first sentence of this paragraph again and keep reading. 

The Everyday Things

If you wanted to summarize my life up to now, it could probably described as...

                Unsettled in the Negative sense

2010 Mexico Mission Update

Here's the recent update from Mexico:

2010 Mexico Mission Trip

We currently have a group of five serving in Mexico.  Here are some quick pictures.  We'll get more information on the trip in the days to come.  Please continue to pray for their work and the mission of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

An Apple a Day...

I am a parent of a couple teens and every day seems to be a new lesson in the struggles of parenting.  This is not so much a complaint as simply and observation and relfection.  Raising my kids with appropriate Christian values and views of God, themselves, and the world is a constant stuggle.  But all of the work, I pray, will yield fruit.  Today, I highlight what a difference an Apple makes...

The Resurrection...take it or leave it

A recent article online at Newsweek discusses "The Christian mystery of physical resurrection."  The author, Lisa Miller, uses some observations about heaven to question the heart of the Christian faith, the resurrection of Jesus.  (find the article "Far from Heaven" here)  The resurrection is the heart of our faith and we often fall into a "yep, he rose from the dead" simplicity as Christians.  What I mean to say is that it might take a doubter of the resurrection for us to return to the

Got Purpose?

Recently I was at a gym sweating it out on a treadmill.  We have some great options in town and I love where I get to work out, wish I could be there every day.  So, after running and rocking out with some tunes, I went to the watering hole and saw a post on the wall - look at the picture.  As I read through "Purpose", I was struck by how the post used God in a way that gave me all of the control.  Let me tell you what I mean...

2010 India Mission

1/18/10  Hello from the India team!
(Here is our "Top Five" List of what has been going on throughout our India trip!)
 
1. We have been lifted up on eagles wings with all of the flying that we've done. Our first flight was over 7,000 miles! Our second flight only lasted about 3 hours and boy were we tired! The third flight a number of things could have gone wrong but GOD WAS GOOD! We safely landed. Thank you for all the prayers, we have many more miles to go, but God had brought us safely through Nagercoil and and up to Kodaikanal.

Waiting Patiently

There is no doubt that I will be stepping in it here by broaching this subject, for no sane husband would use this as a devotional topic.  But the point is worth making because of what it helps remind us of, especially amidst this advent season. Be sure that my wife and I have talked about all of this before.   So with that disclaimer disclaimed...

 

I have been married almost ten years now and I am pretty sure that I have spent close to a year of our marriage waiting.  Waiting on my wife.  

 

Small Reminders

The morning was beautiful. After two days of rain and cold damp dreariness the sun was a welcome gift from God; which was quickly forgotten in the craziness of the morning. Emily was scheduled to work the last two nights at the hospital and this fact, along with my full schedule usually means a hectic, sometimes frantic pace to life.