wholly surrender | He must increase, but I must decrease. -John 3:30

That seems to be a phrase we you sometimes use flippantly in the Church. It is a canned response to any praise report, moving song, joyful scripture, or emotional prayer. It rolls right off the tongue of seasoned Christians as do the words I Love You off the tongue of seasoned spouses. It is a [...]

Well, I can’t believe that it has taken me this long to officially blog about our upcoming Mission Trip to Guatemala. Courtney and I are so excited about this trip. We have both wanted to go on another short term mission trip for several years, but it seemed like money, schedules, commitments, etc… never allowed [...]

That is what we did this morning. I had the privilege of meeting with several of our pastors and elders this morning to pray and seek God’s will for our ministry. It was a sweet and gut-wrenching time. Very little seems to tug on my heart like men of God crying out for His wisdom, [...]

Thanks goes out to Brad Ansrews for posting the script of Donald Miller’s closing prayer at the Democratic National Convention Monday night. Donald Miller is a fantastic author who wrote Blue Like Jazz, among other things. I think he did a nice job of balancing sincere hope, conviction, and exhortation in his words. We need [...]

We have been having some issues with email business and church email accounts lately, and one of the error messages that continues to show up read “no users here by that name.” It is really annoying. Being a technology geek I insist on continuous and accessible communication channels. I cannot stand to be unreachable or [...]