It is my hope and prayer that we will grow in prayer both as a church and each of us individually. Prayer is simply talking to God, it is us wanting to align ourselves with His will… with His way. And it is my desire and prayer that we will invite Him into every area of our lives. I know prayer can be mysterious, difficult and at times clunky. I have experienced all of that. But the more I learn a...  Read More

Over the last two years or so the Lord has been stirring in me to grow in prayer with Him, to bring Him into more and more of my world and thought-life. Prayer over the years has been filled with many ups and downs, many times I have felt fairly defeated in my prayer life.  I want God to be a part of my life – all of it… at least for the most part. There have been areas He gently and regularly poi...  Read More

1 Peter 5:6-7, “Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, so that He may exalt you at the proper time, casting all your cares on Him, because He cares about you.” In two weeks I am planning to be in Yosemite, halfway through a week-long backpack trip climbing one mountain after another (projecting some 14,000+ feet of climbing). I am planning on experiencing some wonderful moment...  Read More

The Christmas season is upon us. As I write, I have my Christmas playlist going. The church is decorated, our home is all setup… it’s feeling more and more like the season for me.  With the Christmas celebrations come various ways for us to engage – little ways to remember where our hope as Christ-followers lies. For instance, we are participating again in the Living Nativity at the Vegas Speedway...  Read More

Happy New Year’s Summit! We turned the calendar into a new year! That is a gift from the Lord. It seems strange to me that in many ways nothing changed but the day, and yet if feels like a fresh start in many ways. I am eager for the year ahead to grow closer to Jesus! How about you? I spent a little bit of time to list out ways that I saw the Lord work this past year for us as a church. We were s...  Read More

Merry Christmas Church!  As I think of our Christmas celebrations I realize that we will all have various ways that the Lord impresses His great gift of the Son to us. There are many ways for us to think on Christmas, and there isn’t really one way to do it that is the “right way”. There are some who will be working Christmas, some who have family in town, and some who will be traveling to family ...  Read More