As of January 1st, Jess and I will be partnering with a group of great friends to begin a movement of Missional Communities in the Salem area. I won’t go into a ton of detail in this blog. You can read Jess’ post about it and check out the new website for more details. I [...]
Over the past few months I have been working through some church planting ideas with the Emerging Leadership Initiative. I have been taking part in their online training, Cultivate. If any of you are interested in church planting, I would highly recommend connecting with this group and going through this program. Throughout the process I [...]
I’ve been a youth pastor for 5 years. There has rarely been a week that has gone by without me thinking what it would be like to go back to my old job as a financial advisor. Seriously, ask my wife. She has heard me ask the question, “Is it worth it” more times than [...]
In about 10 minutes I will be walking out my door and heading to meet a friend for lunch. After that I will be meeting another friend for coffee. Usually I look forward to meeting friends for food and/or coffee. However, these upcoming conversations are causing my stomach to sink. Neither conversation will be regarding [...]
This is the third part in a series on the attributes of God. Below is a short summary. Due to recording error, there is no audio. You can hear the first two parts of the series here. The Bible is very clear that the God we serve is a God of justice. This doesn’t just [...]
Family and Friends – I hope that things are going well for you these days. I know that we aren’t able to stay connected with most of you as much we wish we could. I guess that is part of the busy culture we live in. For the past four years Jess and I have [...]