Blogposts
I'm All In
The truth is that I wouldn’t want to do something that didn’t require me to be all in. I would hate to drudge through life feeling as if there were no purpose or passion. Serving in a field that I love and serving in a place that I love afford me the opportunity to do something that most only dream of: to be in love with my work.
Confessions of My First Easter
Can I confess something to you? Lately, I feel as if I can’t pray enough, that no amount of time talking to the Lord is going to be enough. My heart has been yearning for more and more time. I find that during this season all I can do is pray and pray and pray.
The Twenty-Sixth Hour of My Day
I LOVE a full life, boredom and I don’t get along well at all. So, having a full life is critical to keeping healthy peace of mind for me. Now, not everyone can handle my schedule, nor would everyone want to, but for me it is perfectly full.
My View of Small Groups Just Wrecked
For the longest time I would have said that a small group is the best way to bring discipleship into the church. Something recently has changed my mind on that and has drastically shifted my thinking on the purpose of a small group.
It's Not For Your Own Good
Why does God want me to work on refining myself?
Why would God care what I do during Lent?
Why is all of this important?
Out of Reach: Celebrating Twelve Years of Marriage
Marriage is the act of making impossible things possible, and ordinary things extraordinary. God gives us life-long partners so that we can practice the love that He has for us, the miraculous love, the legendary love - the love that would be out of reach on our own.
Freedom is in the Focus
I’m learning that the most freeing thing I can do for myself is to make a mission statement. These seemingly simple statements have the power to liberate even the hardest choice. A mission statement is a filter that breaks the chains of disagreement, discord and ambiguity.
From Desserts to a Vision: A Sneak Peek into “Vision Sunday”
When I started at Centerville UMC, I got some great advice from a bunch of friends who are pastors. I took the parts of their ideas that I liked the best and turned them into an idea that is going to change our church for the foreseeable future.