Pastor's Blog

What’s Next for the Blog (and Why I’m Excited About It)

I’ve heard a few questions about why shift the focus? And that’s a great question! I think of it like a freeway system. Having more lanes is often a great way to free up congestion. Well there’s a lot more ...

A Few Changes Are Coming

There’s a shift coming to the blog next month. Don’t worry! I’m not selling essential oils or becoming one of those skinny jeans wearing worship pastors. No offense to my essential oil (aka voodoo oil friends) or you skinny jean ...

Stop Making Life Harder Than It Has To Be!

This Sunday, we dug into 1 Thessalonians 5:12–28. Paul wasn’t writing to pastors to tell them to toughen up. He was writing to the church to remind believers how to live together well. Here’s the deal: God’s will for us isn’t ...

No Excuses. No Apologies. All In.

Hey Jesus following types. Did you know that if you’re a Jesus follower then, following Jesus is not optional? I know that sounds crazy but too often we make it sound like it’s an option. We often live like we ...

Have We Replaced the Kingdom with a Congregation?

Somewhere along the way, the Church (Kingdom of God globally) started acting like the church (congregations in local communities). We traded Kingdom vision for congregational maintenance.We started measuring success by program attendance instead of life transformation.We have become more obsessed with our church’s growth than God’s Kingdom advancing. And ...