Totally Rocked by Matthew 20 today….

As I was waking up for the day, I found myself reading Matthew 20.  Great passage about the Workers in the Vineyards.
As I was reading, I came to Matthew 20:15.  It hit my like a ton of bricks today.  Recently, I have become a fan of Twitter.  It has been great to hear about what [...]

My stages of Leadership…

Are you in the spot of leadership that you need to be in? I recently took a leadership personality test. From it, I have to say (after consulting) that it’s pretty spot on to who I am now. I am for the better or worse a passive leader.  Or so the test [...]

Praying for you Mr. President…

I have to say…we Americans know how to exchange power…and peacefully at that!
I thought that today (aside from the Chief Justice/Obama messing up the Oath), was a great moment in time and a great day for our new president.  It was great to see Rick Warren pray a powerful prayer that included the use of [...]

What would Jesus want us to do?

This could be a interesting week…you think?  If there was nothing politically historical going on…I’d say the same thing.  I am working on some thoughts for the inauguration day on Tuesday, so I will save that for tomorrow.
Our church will be relocating soon and that speed at which the ball is rolling…well it’s likely to [...]

The Start of Something Powerful…

Tonight, along with the pastor’s sermon series, I started talking about sex with our students.  I am sure that the move to do that will be considered somewhat controversial, but the more the church stays silent, the more our teenagers desire to know more…to experience more.  And that could be costly…not to mention deadly.
After our [...]

After the fact…

Well today was an up and down day for me.  WAY more up than down, but still experienced the down.  And the real dissappointment…well it was about me.  More to come…
Today’s worship service was great.  Pastor Karl laid it out for us today.  We are talking marriage and that will lead to talking about sex [...]

Prepping for a Meeting

Tomorrow I have a meeting with a group of people from our church about the immediate and distant future of our church.  I am excited about this meeting, but I am also quite nervous.  It is my feeling that some of the people in the room will be on different pages and of different visions [...]

Open or Closed?

Think about this…are you open-minded…or closed minded?  Or is your mind like a saloon door…it can go both ways?
So much about what is going on around my life and the lives of the people around begs that question. I think that many times in my life I approach situations like I am open-minded, but when [...]

Hope

You know…hope is a powerful thing.  For the last few days, some of my closest friends in the whole world have been dealing with some tough stuff.  I have friends that their marriage is falling a part.  I have a friend that has been the victim of gossip.  I have friends that are struggling with [...]

A big decision coming…

I had a very exciting meeting today.  We were discussing the future of our church and the relocation of it.  I cannot get into details yet (simply because there are people from our church that read my blog)…but I am pumped.  I think that God has supplied us with some answers to our questions.
I dont [...]