Because I have literally been in ministry now for 33 years (my entire life in case you are wondering), I have been able to see the best and the worst of the “special music” time at church, traditionally known as the offertory, although not exclusive to just the offertory. I have many stories that all [...]
As I was preparing to write my blog today, I noticed that this is my 200th post. I started this blog in June of 2007 and even though I have taken long seasons off from writing anything, my hope is that I have used it as a means to communicate what’s going on [...]
My Monday posts from here on out will consist of a funny story/picture/video from my 2 sons that I capture the previous week. This week’s video happens to come from a few weeks back. Kids go through stages and these stages are often comical. Asher right now is going through a stage where he shakes [...]
So my blog has officially been resurrected from the dead this week. My goal is to write 3 posts (minimum) a week. The content will revolve around (but not be limited to) the following: Monday’s post will be a video and/or story of my crazy kids (Drew – 4; Asher – almost 20 months old); [...]
Alright, I’m back to blogging. Why haven’t I been blogging for the past 5 months you may ask? Because I’ve been up to a whole lot of following Jesus, husbandry, child rearing, church planting, traveling, getting pregnant again (well, not me but my wife…you know what I mean), preaching, evangelizing, equipping young men, training future [...]
“Nevertheless not My will, but Yours, be done.” These words are the toughest for me to accept at times when it comes to doing what I do. I am a church planter. I am a hard working church planter at that. I have big dreams for my church plant. I have high expectations because I [...]
This past Sunday, since it was Father’s Day, I taught on Real ManHood. It was actually pretty enjoyable because there is nothing more fun for me than to poke fun at the male population (which definitely includes myself). I think our people enjoyed it and what was so great about it all was that I [...]
Last week, exactly at this time, my father and I were speaking in Newport News, Virginia, at the United States Air Force (Air Combat Command) Chaplain’s Conference. I know that was a mouthful but that’s exactly what it was. These Chaplain’s were the ones who were overseeing the spiritual well being of the Air Force [...]
It’s not too often in life when you have the opportunity to be a part of the beginning of something incredible. Well, this next week, May 13th-15th, about 150 people will be able to do so when the Aletheia Network will hold its very first Network Conference. I love grass roots events…Probably why I’m a [...]
This past week I had a new visitor at Aletheia tell me that they loved our church and that it reminded me of their church back home. That is always a good thing in my mind because we want people to feel comfortable when they come through our doors. But the next thing she said [...]