Category Archives: Pastor’s Blog
What should be central to our ministry?
April 4, 2012 // 0 CommentsWhile he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at the table, a woman [...]
Jesus Flipping Tables
April 4, 2012 // 0 Comments“Is it not written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you [...]
Evangelism: slow cooked meal style
November 9, 2011 // 0 CommentsI have been making my way through The Road to Missional by Michael Frost. It is a fantastic read and [...]
No need to reinvent the wheel
November 2, 2011 // 0 CommentsOne hope that I have with the emergence of our post-denominational missional context is that it will help congregations overcome [...]
These walls can’t hold us in
November 2, 2011 // 0 CommentsToo often the Church has relinquished its true identity for the confines of a building. We are so proud of [...]
Oh me of little faith
October 25, 2011 // 0 CommentsIt is one of those haunting things to encounter a story involving Jesus teaching his disciples and watch how the [...]
The peace of the city
October 13, 2011 // 0 CommentsIt may seem strange to say that there is quiet and peace to be found in a city. Most of [...]
The Church has no right to say…….
October 11, 2011 // 0 CommentsThe Barna group has released a new book that covers their 5 year study of youth who have left the [...]
Be Bold. Walk Humbly.
October 3, 2011 // 0 CommentsSo here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life – your sleeping, eating, [...]
To whom or what do you turn?
September 28, 2011 // 0 CommentsWhenever people face hardships or obstacles in their lives they turn to whatever is in their hearts to lift them [...]
As darkness covers there will always be Light
September 20, 2011 // 0 CommentsI have spoken to a number of people who have expressed their concern that we are in the “last days” [...]
Is today going to be full of surprises?!
September 3, 2011 // 0 CommentsMy eldest daughter, turning 7 today, asked me whether this day would be full of surprises and if so what [...]
David Crowder Band reaches its end
June 15, 2011 // 0 CommentsAs I read the news of the band deciding to officially end their musical journey together there was a little [...]
Choose and Walk Humbly before God
June 8, 2011 // 0 CommentsSomewhere along the way Christians began to believe that God is so bi-polar that we are one bad decision away [...]
I thought I had all that I wanted……
June 1, 2011 // 0 CommentsTo find fulfillment of all our heart’s desires and still feel incomplete is the disturbing reality of our broken nature [...]
Leadership for the Church: Why I oppose the change to the constitution of the PCUSA.
May 25, 2011 // 0 Comments3The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before [...]
Like a child
April 6, 2011 // 0 CommentsHaving faith like a child is something that we in the Church talk about often, but unless you take the [...]
Purposefully Multi-cultural
February 23, 2011 // 0 CommentsIf you are familiar with the PCUSA you will know that they are desperately seeking an increase to membership and [...]
Who is to blame?
February 16, 2011 // 0 CommentsI am intrigued by the latest media blitz over who is to blame for the current “reality” of unmotivated teenagers. [...]
Our Identity in Christ
December 14, 2010 // 0 CommentsRecently I picked up a copy of The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer and it has given me plenty to think [...]
Whenever the pressure from life builds…
October 22, 2010 // 0 CommentsWhenever the pressure from life builds it is difficult at times to rise above it. Sometimes we can other times [...]
Prayer
July 21, 2010 // 0 CommentsThis morning when I woke up with the stress of many things coursing through my body making it difficult to [...]
A Time of Devotion
May 12, 2010 // 0 CommentsI have often heard pastors or Christian conference speakers challenging people to create space in one’s daily life for prayer [...]
A Lasting Impression
March 23, 2010 // 0 CommentsNot everything that we do today will live forever. In fact most of what we think is of greatest importance [...]
Christ within Me
February 8, 2010 // 0 CommentsLord, be the center of my life. This was the opening prayer this morning on pray-as-you-go podcast. Though this may seem like [...]
Relationships in America: Land of false expectations
February 2, 2010 // 0 CommentsAs we zoom towards Valentine’s Day I get this feeling that it will come and go leaving a trail of [...]
New Wineskins
January 18, 2010 // 0 CommentsToday during my devotional time I looked at the passage where Jesus was teaching those gathered about the reason why [...]
A Way Forward
December 9, 2009 // 0 CommentsLately, I have been doing a lot of praying and reading about the painful divide we face in our culture [...]
Hey McFly, where is my hoverboard?
December 2, 2009 // 0 CommentsCan you believe that 2010 is just around the corner? I can’t. It causes me to pause and wonder where [...]
Fighting the Beast
November 10, 2009 // 0 Comments“Fighting the Beast can become a path to self-esteem rather than a means of testifying to Christ.” Dr. Ellen T. [...]
Sponge Faith
September 30, 2009 // 0 CommentsLast night I took my wife to the U2 360 tour and the show was great! There was plenty of [...]
Good v. God’s Good
September 16, 2009 // 0 CommentsCan we summon up the courage/strength to be “good enough” in this life for it to make an impact eternally? [...]
Total Submission
September 9, 2009 // 0 CommentsThis morning I read a devotional entry from Oswald Chambers’ “My Upmost For His Highest“. It was a challenge to [...]
Individual Reason
September 2, 2009 // 0 Comments“I don’t have any reason to believe apart from what I am able to come to terms with after a [...]
Where did all this stuff come from?
August 3, 2009 // 0 CommentsHaving recently packed and moved down the road I marvel at all our stuff. There is no better way to [...]
Finding Rest
July 16, 2009 // 0 CommentsJesus explained, “Come to me, all you who are weary, and I will give you rest”. In all of the [...]
O God, where art thou?
June 25, 2009 // 0 CommentsRecently I spoke with a friend of mine who is a minister and he lamented that people in this nation [...]
Human life is like smoke
June 17, 2009 // 0 CommentsThat human life is like smoke [cf. Ps. 102:3] or shadow [cf. Ps. 102:11] is not only obvious to the [...]
You will Change!
June 2, 2009 // 0 CommentsWarning: Contents are extremely hot, handle with care. Something like this is printed on the side a coffee to go [...]
New Life
May 20, 2009 // 0 CommentsRecently I picked up a copy of Abraham Joshua Heschel’s book The Sabbath. If you have not read it I highly [...]
Psalm 139
May 6, 2009 // 0 CommentsThere are some tremendous images to meditate upon in this psalm. At the core the song is the acknowledgment by [...]
Love in the midst of Fear
April 29, 2009 // 0 CommentsLove. How do we define it? There are so many interpretations available and the English language uses the same word [...]
Luke 24:36b-48
April 22, 2009 // 0 CommentsI have heard people talk about the bible my whole life and sometimes I forget how shocking it is and [...]
God gave it all.
April 8, 2009 // 0 CommentsAll that I offer this week is everything. Jesus. The one who we ignore, mock, criticize, wonder about, marvel at, [...]
Ecclsiastes 6:12
April 2, 2009 // 0 Comments“For who knows what is good for a man in life, during the few and meaningless days he passes through [...]
Ecclesiastes 5: 1-7
March 25, 2009 // 0 CommentsThese short seven verses are some of the best words written about what it means to have a holy fear [...]
Ecclesiastes 4
March 18, 2009 // 0 CommentsToil, Friendless, and Achievement The Teacher believes that despite the “meaningless” result of our labor we must still try. Indeed [...]
Ecclesiastes 3
March 11, 2009 // 0 CommentsTime. Seasons of life. I recently heard someone say in an interview that we are not much different than animals, [...]
Ecclesiastes 2
March 4, 2009 // 0 CommentsWhen reading through the long list of all that is “meaningless” it is difficult not to get worn out by [...]
Ash Wednesday
February 25, 2009 // 0 CommentsTonight we will be gathering to reflect on our limitations, God’s mercy, and our response. I will be sharing my [...]
Ecclesiastes 1:12-18
February 18, 2009 // 0 CommentsSpirit of the living God shape our minds, open our hearts, and strengthen our souls through the examination of the [...]
Preparing for Lent
February 11, 2009 // 0 CommentsOver the next couple of weeks we will ask the Spirit of God to teach us through the writings of [...]
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