I know a lot of people myself included that wander around proposing that Christianity is not a religion but a relationship. Until this morning I would have amen’d you if you preached that, and as much as I do agree that being a follower of Christ is about a relationship with Jesus Christ, I think this saying has become a …
Justice should be in the church and love should be in the streets
I have to be honest I know I have not posted in a while and trust me I have a backlog of items to post, but this just could not wait. I have had many encounters in ministry and being raised in the church. From being in full time ministry for almost a full decade to being raised in church …
Wiggle, Wiggle, Wiggle….
So as I came home to finish up my message for tomorrow I couldnt shake but one thought. Spending time with my daughter. I couldnt shake it. So as I sat at the computer and started getting things up and going she just sat laughed and chilled. I couldnt shake my desire to be with her and spend time with …
Why do we remember 9/11
Ten years ago as a nation but so much more as a world we were changed. I think now more than ever about how this truly is my generations Pearl Harbor. I am lost for words as I realize that what I lived through will now be in the history books for my daughter to read. For me remembering 9/11 …
Insights of a tired father
I’m sitting here writing this as my daughter sleeps not more than three feet from me. It’s 11pm and I have not slept more than 1 hour straight since 1am this morning. Now I recognize this is nothing in comparison to my wife who has not had a goodnights sleep in almost 6 months and who gave birth with no …
Family Dinner’s
Sitting here in fremont with cousins second cousins brothers step brothers step mothers girlfriends and my unborn daughter. It’s funny how kids can bring everyone together in a very modern family setting. It’s weird thinking how broken most families are and how even though ours is Considered broken it’s been put back together in such a magnificent way that it …
Church
So many of us have said I hate church for the politics and for the religious judgmental spirit attached to it. It’s a shame to me we lose sight of the fact the church is the bride of Christ. And u can make arguments and give opinionated statements as to why church is not God’s bride but the body of believers. …
Bloated
As I sit and watch the sun crest over the mountains I wonder what today will hold. I wonder if the darkness will overtake the light or the light will break through the darkness. I wonder whose choice it will be. I contemplate if today will be like yesterday or today will hold some life changing event my soul has …
A lil bit of nothin
When is nothing ok? When is it ok to give nothing receive nothing and do nothing. In these contexts the word nothing takes on a whole new meaning. Nothingness could be considered negative, positive or neutral. Most would think it would be neutral but what about doing nothing when someone’s drowning that’s negative or doing nothing when tempted by the flesh …
Breakthrough
The shadows overtake my thoughts as I struggle to think of a happier time when rays of lights enveloped my entire being and I equated life with the weight of air. But now it feels as if the air has turned to a tar like fog that is un-relentless and torturing my soul. I cry out but the moment I …