Archive for August, 2006

Modesty, Like Art

Modesty, like art, means drawing a line some place.

God’s Address

“I’ve always found that God is seldom at the forefront of what is possible. If it’s possible, we don’t need God. However, I’ve always found God in the impossible.” – Bill Easum

What is it that you have been thinking was impossible? Why don’t you knock on the door and watch God open [...]

Grilling, Burning and Running Out Of Time

Bbq Chicken, Zucchini and Corn on the grill. Burning a couple of songs on a CD for the praise singers to practice with. Drama practice is in about 30 minutes. Man, there is just not enough time some days. Will have to stuff the face, run out the door and pray [...]

Leaders are…

Leaders are committed to making it happen!!!

(whatever “it” might be)

What do hairless arms and a Bbq grill have to do with each other?

What do hairless arms and a Bbq grill have to do with each other? Well, the story goes like this: I have this great grill that the church blessed me with at Father’s Day. Anyhow, for some reason I couldn’t get the igniter to ignite and so I thought…no prob, I’ll just [...]

Simply Stated

“Jesus taught profound truths in simple ways. Today, we do the opposite. We teach simple truths in profound ways.”
This quote was e-mailed to me and it has succinctly stated something that I have felt for years, the greatest preachers are not the ones who take the simplest of topics and make them into deep [...]

First Annual Church Family Camping Trip Pictures

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Think About The Big Things

“You’ve got to think about the big things while you’re doing the small things, so that all the small things go in the right direction.” – Alvin Toffler

There are times in all of our days that we get so caught up in accomplishing all of the small tasks that we forget to look at [...]

Annual Church Family Camping Trip

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We just got back from our annual church family camping trip. We had a great time will try to blog more.

Going Native

From the day I began pastoring in Orange County, I have preached that O.C. is a mission field and it must be approached in that manner. Missionaries think different and act different than pastors in the Bible belt.

Alan Nelson, in REV magazine, wrote this;
“Different times and places require appropriate adaptions. One size doesn’t [...]