Stop Shopping part 2

Stop Shopping!

I’m exited about my sermon tomorrow. Its called stop shopping. I guess it’s a provocative title. It’s about materialism versus spitituality set against the backdrop of the economic crisis we are facing. I’ve posted a video in the Vod Pod section that shows how the economists can get it horribly wrong but there a few [...]

Yes He Did!

Whatever your political convictions you’ll have to agree that history was made tonight. I exited and and amazed at what has taken place tonight. I have to confess that I didn’t think he could do it when her first announced. To me this was too steep as mountain to climb. I have never had some [...]

Adventurers Camp

Its a Boy!

My wife, Yvette is expecting our third child and the baby is due in January. We have two boys and we have discovered that our new arrival is going to be a boy too. We had to laugh as we watched the screen in the doctors office. Three boys! This is going to be interesting.

Handling disunity

I’ve been thinking about and dealing with the issue of disunity in the church. It can be a really tough issue to deal with. I’ve done a lot of praying and study on the issue. This stuff does not just go away by itself. It has to be dealt with.
I came across some good counsel [...]

Castles and Crowns

Last week was Vacation Bible school at our church. Its always a lot of fun and a great way to minister to the kids of the community. The theme this year is Castles and Crowns. Every night the kids learned about a King or a Queen in the Bible. Its great to see the kids [...]

Typical board meeting…..not!

We took our church board on a mini retreat. We prayed, discussed some issues,  had fun. It doesn’t look like it but they were learning about team work. Our womens, health, singles, social activities leaders, one board floor member and an elder all in that scrum below.

Revive and Stay Alive!

Last Sabbath afternoon we finished our week of revival. Our theme was Revive and Stay Alive. In my experience revivals have lasted perhaps as long as the even itself. We had some good singing, powerful preaching from local Pastors and some fervent prayer. We had prayer and fasting to close the week. The last hour [...]

Presenting the Design Charrette Blues

I do this kind of stuff to keep me out of trouble.