This weekend I did the unthinkable…I became a pet owner.  To be more exact, I became a pet caretaker.  You see, my brother-in-law is a huge animal lover and has a turtle and over a dozen fish.  When he moved to Tennessee a few months ago, he had to leave...

I woke up this morning with the chorus lyrics from yesterday’s service’s second worship song.  They go… “Glory, glory, hallelujah, He threw my shackles in the sea. Glory, glory, hallelujah, Jesus is my liberty.  I’m going free!” (I’m going free (Jailbreak) by Vertical Worship) In light of our discussion yesterday on...

First, let me thank everyone for their prayers and support yesterday.  It was, as you can imagine, a hard morning for me but God showed up in so many ways!  I really felt His presence both personally and corporately in our worship time!  So many of you were praying for...

Did you know that today is three months until Christmas?!?  I know many of you are rolling your eyes at me as you read this and others are getting excited and are starting to work on their shopping lists!  I’m always amazed at how quickly the season comes around year...

So now what?  For the last 5 weeks, I’ve been encouraging you to invite your friends, neighbors, and family to church on September 17th.  Well today is September 18th.  The big day has come and gone.  The weather messed with us a bit but I still think we had a...

“Can I bring something?”  Any time we have people over to our house, they always seem to ask this question.  Many times the answer is “sure, bring dessert” because you can never have enough desserts 🙂  As you hopefully know already, this coming Sunday is National Back to Church Sunday...

Have you gone fishin’ lately?  Yesterday, we looked at the final chapter in the book of John and explored Jesus’ call for each of us to go fishing.  At the same time, Jesus is also calling us to take care of His sheep.  These two metaphors remind us of the...

It’s sad to admit but summer is quickly coming to a close.  Within the next two weeks, students will begin returning to school and the days will begin to get shorter.  The swimming pools will close down and the beaches will have no one building castles on them.  But as...

There’s something special about being invited.  Whether you open the mailbox and find an invitation, you receive a text from a friend inviting you out for coffee, or a neighbor walks up and invites you over, the invitation makes you feel wanted.  People say “we should do this or that...

I remember sitting in school staring at the clock.  The teacher was fully engrossed in the lesson, completely unaware that the last few remaining seconds were quickly passing by.  In just a few moments, the class would be over and I would be free to start the weekend.  In just...