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…

“Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.” Romans 12:15 The past few days have been heavy. Ministry can be heavy. My emotions have been very high and very low from one hour to the next and at times even from one minute to the next. I went to the funeral home to visit the…

This dunk by Lebron James 2 nights ago caught my attention. I don’t know if there is anyone else in the world that can do this type of thing. If you can, pause it at 37 seconds. Notice his head above rim, how far away he leapt from, and how low he brings the ball.…

  This Easter, April 4, 2010, we will gather again on the front porch at 7:00 a.m. We will worship the Lord Jesus Christ  and celebrate His resurrection from the dead. This is a picture of last year’s Easter Sunrise Service. The weather was beautiful and the sun was shining so brightly. “See what a…

Tonight I was at a funeral home to see the family of a local 17 year old girl that just passed away. Again…a 17 year old girl that died on Saturday. NO ONE SAW THAT COMING! Her mom and dad did not see it coming. Her friends in school did not see it coming. Her…

This is a video that has been paired up with a great Andrew Peterson song. Please take time to listen and watch this. I can certainly identify.

The more I read the Bible, the more it becomes so incredibly clear that belonging to Jesus is an all-or-nothing deal. There is truly not a middle road. You are either His follower or you are not. And Jesus teaches us that at the judgement there will be many people disappointed that they were not…