Our faithful friend Megan once again reminded me it has been too long since I have written anything here. I can only plead busyness – work has gone ballistic in the sense that I feel like I am in a rocket right now at work. IT is a good thing as God has been blessing [...]
Last night was our leadership Christmas dinner. A lovely time was had by all, by appearances. It looks like we may have a new couple joining us – more hands make lighter work! So, going into the holidays, I can feel momentum beginning to build with my wife and I, and also with my pastor, [...]
Every time I head Casting Crowns’ “Voice of Truth” I experience a restoration of confidence. It really is miraculous. The song always reminds me, after I have been lulled into listening to voices of judgement and doubt, when I need to hear, “Do not be afraid: this is for my glory.” It struck me again [...]
It’s a good thing that I have some good friends who are causing me to think about things. If they weren’t around I wonder how much would simply flow past me without realizing how fast time marches on. I was talking with a friend of mine yesterday, and he started talking about what next year [...]
What an amazing week. Things are happening for our little clan, behind the scenes right now. I can’t talk too much about it because much is still up in the air, but expect to hear about some significant steps coming in the next little while. This dream of church planting is solidifying. Even recently, it’s [...]
Again, while reading Essential Church, I have experienced a gelling of ideas from several other places about mission and vision statements for a church. This passage jumped out at me, speaking about why young adults leave the church in droves between the ages of 16-20: Their parents assumed that the teachings of the church would [...]
It occurred to me the first post I did on how we got here, I didn’t really get into much detail about how we leaped from a short term missions trip to Rwanda to where we are right now. The real impetus came in the fall of 2006. We heard there was a church planting [...]
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