Month: March 2010

We just returned from spending a few days in Florida for a wedding.  Monday was one of the best days of my life. Valeria and I took our two boys and introduced to them to one of God’s greatest pieces of creation…the ocean. The boys absolutely loved it. It thrilled my soul so incredibly much…

While out of town for a wedding and a few days of vacation, I have had a wonderful time bonding with my two sons.  JJ and Eli are so much fun and these days have been a blast. JJ loves the characters from the movie ‘Toy Story’.  The movie begins with this great song ‘You’ve…

At FBCF, we are placing great emphasis on simply being followers of Jesus. As Jesus goes, so do we… we hope.   One of the ways we do this is by remembering a simple illustration that there are 2 sides to every coin.  There may be two different images on each side of the coin but…

Contemplating heaven and the exclusivity of Christ! “We will be surprised when we get to heaven when we see who is there and who is not there. But please, I beg you, do not be surprised by this– everyone in heaven will only be there by faith in the death & resurrection of Jesus.”

My oldest boy, JJ, has recently fallen in love with his transformer toy.  He recieved it as a gift a while ago, but it was honestly too complicated for me to figure out.  Well, last night a friend of ours “transformed” it for him from a car into a flying-robot-warrior-type-a-thing. Now JJ absolutely loves it.…

The best three weeks of the year have arrived! The 64 team tournament is set, and nearly everyone I know cannot wait for the games to begin at Noon on Thursday. While it is called March Madness, I think it would be good for us followers of Christ to remember a few things as the most…

Thanks to our great worship pastor, Drew Krutza, I have a new favorite hymn. God often uses creation to cause me to love Him more. Speaking of God’s world, the Bible says: “The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork. Day to day pours out speech, and night to night…

Many Christians live in the continual struggle of desiring to be liked by others yet trying to not be a people pleaser. Church people often say things like “I dont care if anyone likes me.”  or “I dont care what people think about me.” Yet they usually do not totally mean that. And most people…

God has given me 2 sons – Joshua & Eli. Sometimes late at night once they are sound asleep, I like to slip into their rooms quietly and just look at them. In that moment, I become overwhelmed with deep, deep inexpressible love for them. I cannot speak how heavy and real my love for my…

32 year old Aaron Berry passed away this past Friday. We had his funeral service today. His family chose a wonderful song to be played at the close of the service. Here are the lyrics to Fernando Ortega’s song “Give me Jesus.” In the morning, when I rise In the morning, when I rise In…