It shows in the droopy eyes and leftover cans of energy drinks in the trash. A frazzled composure when entering a room. We go from before the crack of dawn and into the wee hours of the night. We drop in our beds exhausted, and wake up not feeling much better. But, it’s a new day, perhaps today will be different, we can get just a little more ahead, check off a few more urgent things from our list...  Read More

We all need help in our lives. Specifically, we want the areas of our lives that we feel the need to cover up to just go away. We want freedom from that sick sense of shame for things we have done that make us want to hide. Perhaps you have a raging temper that explodes from time to time. Or maybe you find yourself in a dark hole of a relentless pull to porn. Maybe you keep finding you have yet ag...  Read More

We live in a very angsty world don’t we? There seems to be a number of issues (e.g. masks, vaccinations, etc.) before us that can seemingly instantly raise our blood pressure. So how do we navigate these sensitive issues before us? We often feel like we are “right” on our positions. And sometimes we feel like we have to “help” others know we are right and why we are. And maybe under the surface th...  Read More

The Lord is throwing doors open for us to reach our community in ways we haven’t been able to in the past. Let me tell you about it…The desire began quite a few years ago when Angela and I met with Elmer and Eli Esquivel for lunch at a Panera Bread. What came from our time together was a desire to see a Spanish ministry begin to reach those in our community who were Hispanic and weren’t connected ...  Read More

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